How rare is the name Sana?

8,257 people in the United States have the first name Sana, about 1 in 36,579. It ranks #2,804 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SANA

#2,804

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,257
About
1 in 36,579
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,257 people named Sana, 63% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 25.7% as White and 5% as two or more races. 97.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sana peaked in 2022, when 180 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19232025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
180
In 2025*
151 ▼16%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,878 babies have been given the name since 1923. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Sana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,773. The largest share of babies named Sana, 37.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1920s#12,17210
1940s#12,5745
1950s#8,81739
1960s#9,59143
1970s#6,653142
1980s#3,509483
1990s#2,884888
2000s#2,9591,186
2010s#3,1161,222
2020s#2,773860
Greatest Generation 1901–270.2%
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–9621.1%
Generation Z 1997–1237.6%
2013 and later36%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Sana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sana has been most common in New Jersey (2.9×), California (2.9×), and Virginia (2.7×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.32×).

3,115 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Sana

#2,802 Heidy · 8,261#2,803 Nakia · 8,260#2,805 Jamey · 8,254#2,806 Vinh · 8,249

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Sana, most common first.

#3,430 Sanaa · 6,068#4,316 San · 4,389#6,087 Sanai · 2,681#6,916 Sania · 2,263#7,508 Sanya · 2,025#8,022 Sama · 1,837#11,703 Sanna · 1,085#12,611 Sanh · 982

Also a last name

As a last name, Sana ranks #29,547 of 156,621, with 851 people. See Sana as a last name

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