girls:
311 births since 1974
#5405 (5th percentile)
overall:
311 births since 1974
#7428 (4th percentile)
The name Sanae is the #7,428 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 311 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 4.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,405 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 311 births since 1974.
Sanae first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (first recorded for girls in 1974). Birth data for Sanae is available in 27 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Sanae reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #961) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Despite a low point in 2019, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Sanae ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 23.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sanae".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Sanae. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Sanae is pronounced as suh-NAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-NAH-ay, at 17.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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