girls:
1.7k births since 1996
#4029 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1996
#6007 (22nd percentile)
The name Sanaya is the #6,007 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,744 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 22.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,029 (29.5% percentile) for all time with 1,744 births since 1996.
Sanaya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (first recorded for girls in 1996). Birth data for Sanaya is available in 27 out of the 28 years between 1996 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, Sanaya reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 13.6% percentile (ranked #827) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 70 births per million (ranked 13.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Sanaya ranks #901 for girls (4.9% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 41.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sanaya".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Sanaya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 33.3% confident that Sanaya is pronounced as suh-NAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suh-NAY-uh, at 19.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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