girls:
6.8k births since 1987
#1986 (65th percentile)
overall:
6.8k births since 1987
#3256 (58th percentile)
The name Saniya is the #3,256 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,841 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 57.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 57.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,986 (65.3% percentile) for all time with 6,841 births since 1987.
Saniya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (first recorded for girls in 1987). Birth data for Saniya is available in 34 out of the 37 years between 1987 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, Saniya reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 54.4% percentile (ranked #451) with 309 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 309 births per million (ranked 54.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Saniya ranks #879 for girls (7.2% percentile) with 42 births per million, which is 13.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Saniya".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Saniya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.1% confident that Saniya is pronounced as suh-NEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAH-nyuh, at 23.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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