How rare is the name Sanaa?

6,068 people in the United States have the first name Sanaa, about 1 in 49,774. It ranks #3,430 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SANAA

#3,430

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,068
About
1 in 49,774
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 6,068 people named Sanaa, 58.7% reported their origin as Black, 25.4% as White and 7.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Sanaa peaked in 2006, when 482 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
482
In 2025*
89 ▼82%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,146 babies have been given the name since 1977. 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.

Sanaa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,479. The largest share of babies named Sanaa, 66.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#13,91156
1990s#12,661104
2000s#1,4793,178
2010s#2,0612,202
2020s#3,554601
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–962%
Generation Z 1997–1266.6%
2013 and later31.4%

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 Sanaa is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Sanaa has been most common in Maryland (3.5×), Georgia (3.1×), and New Jersey (2.4×), and least common in Missouri (0.41×).

5,044 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.

Exactly as common as Sanaa

1 other first name also has 6,068 people.

#3,430 Branson · 6,068

Either side of Sanaa

#3,429 Valentine · 6,072#3,430 Branson · 6,068#3,432 Becca · 6,067#3,433 Daron · 6,060

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,804 Sana · 8,257#6,087 Sanai · 2,681#6,916 Sania · 2,263#7,508 Sanya · 2,025#9,939 Sanaya · 1,367#11,703 Sanna · 1,085#13,032 Sanae · 937#21,875 Sanah · 460

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