How rare is the name Saniya?

5,371 people in the United States have the first name Saniya, about 1 in 56,234. It ranks #3,740 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SANIYA

#3,740

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,371
About
1 in 56,234
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,371 people named Saniya, 71.7% reported their origin as Black, 12.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 6.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Saniya peaked in 2007, when 655 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19872025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
655
In 2025*
73 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,985 babies have been given the name since 1987. 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.

Saniya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,293. The largest share of babies named Saniya, 72.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#29,8365
1990s#11,444121
2000s#1,2933,837
2010s#1,8862,507
2020s#3,930515
Millennials 1981–960.8%
Generation Z 1997–1272.6%
2013 and later26.6%

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 Saniya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Saniya has been most common in Georgia (3×), Maryland (2.8×), and Florida (2.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.25×).

5,871 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 Saniya

#3,738 Tran · 5,384#3,739 Kelton · 5,373#3,741 Galilea · 5,370#3,742 Wilber · 5,360

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,137 Saniyah · 4,640#5,678 Samiya · 2,975#6,916 Sania · 2,263#7,508 Sanya · 2,025#9,939 Sanaya · 1,367#32,705 Sanaiya · 256

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