Sanya Girl
How popular is Sanya?
#6,324 girl name in 2025
18 baby girls were named Sanya in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
Sanya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,324 for girls (▼ 712 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 18 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-57% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,649 in 2015, #6,625 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (108 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,908 in 2007 |
| First recorded | 1957 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Sanya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Sania family of names ranked #2,301 for girls in 2025 (#2,076 the year before), with 53 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Sanya is most popular
Babies named Sanya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (21 girls)
Sanya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12 | #4,917 |
| 1960s | 112 | #3,210 |
| 1970s | 254 | #2,254 |
| 1980s | 123 | #3,718 |
| 1990s | 115 | #5,006 |
| 2000s | 736 | #1,908 |
| 2010s | 458 | #2,589 |
| 2020s | 131 | #4,715 |
Girl names about as popular as Sanya
Questions
- Is Sanya a boy or girl name?
- Sanya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Sanya were girls.
- How popular is the name Sanya?
- 18 baby girls were named Sanya in the US in 2025, making it the 6324th most popular girl name.
- When was Sanya most popular?
- Sanya peaked in 2007, when 108 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,908 in 2007.
- How many people are named Sanya?
- 1,941 babies have been named Sanya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,900 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Sanya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Sanya was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.