girl's name

Saniya

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,858

Scotland

#759

2005 births

Saniya is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 73 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2007, when 655 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 45,417 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1987.

Saniya over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

3,837
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Saniya by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1980s 5
1990s 121
2000s 3,837
2010s 2,507
2020s (to 2025) 515

How popular is Saniya?

In 2025, Saniya was given to 73 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Saniya is used

Scotland #759 3 in 2005
Ireland #1,027 3 in 2010
United States #2,445 73 in 2025
Canada #2,533 8 in 2023
England & Wales #5,457 4 in 2025
France #6,262 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Saniya

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Saniya also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Saniya over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Saniya

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Saniya — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Saniya

How popular is the name Saniya?

In 2025, Saniya was given to 73 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Saniya a girl's or a boy's name?

Saniya is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Saniya most popular?

Saniya peaked in 2007, when 655 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Saniya a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Saniya currently ranks #2,445 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.