Sana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-na
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #607 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,427 for girls
Sana is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “radiance or praise”. In 2025 it ranked 607th for girls in the UK (70 babies) and 1,427th for girls in the US (151 babies).
What does Sana mean?
Arabic: Arabic sana, brilliance, or thana, praise, pronounced alike in Urdu
“radiance or praise”
Can come from Arabic sana, brilliance, or thana, praise, which sound alike in Urdu; Sana is also a Japanese name.
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Is Sana a girl's or a boy's name?
Sana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 girls in the UK and 151 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #607among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 4,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 70 girls in the UK were named Sana, making it the 607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 556th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 257 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 568th in England and Wales.
Sana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #607 |
| 2024 | 59 | #694 |
| 2023 | 59 | #671 |
| 2022 | 93 | #489 |
| 2021 | 78 | #563 |
| 2020 | 79 | #556 |
| 2019 | 67 | #638 |
| 2018 | 68 | #653 |
| 2017 | 93 | #513 |
| 2016 | 80 | #579 |
| 2015 | 89 | #527 |
| 2014 | 91 | #522 |
| 2013 | 105 | #444 |
| 2012 | 118 | #430 |
| 2011 | 150 | #352 |
| 2010 | 161 | #321 |
| 2009 | 188 | #278 |
| 2008 | 162 | #319 |
| 2007 | 185 | #289 |
| 2006 | 153 | #318 |
| 2005 | 151 | #310 |
| 2004 | 207 | #241 |
| 2003 | 203 | #246 |
| 2002 | 257 | #181 |
| 2001 | 228 | #202 |
| 2000 | 180 | #255 |
| 1999 | 166 | #266 |
| 1998 | 150 | #286 |
| 1997 | 126 | #320 |
| 1996 | 136 | #294 |
How popular is Sana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,427among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 151about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 151 girls in the US were named Sana, making it the 1,427th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,023rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 180 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Sana in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 151 | #1,427 |
| 2024 | 152 | #1,446 |
| 2023 | 172 | #1,319 |
| 2022 | 180 | #1,309 |
| 2021 | 113 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 92 | #2,023 |
| 2019 | 146 | #1,495 |
| 2018 | 139 | #1,554 |
| 2017 | 138 | #1,580 |
| 2016 | 122 | #1,729 |
| 2015 | 128 | #1,667 |
| 2014 | 118 | #1,757 |
| 2013 | 104 | #1,918 |
| 2012 | 97 | #2,003 |
| 2011 | 129 | #1,655 |
| 2010 | 101 | #1,978 |
| 2009 | 109 | #1,914 |
| 2008 | 114 | #1,865 |
| 2007 | 117 | #1,815 |
| 2006 | 128 | #1,651 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,877 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,613 |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,611 |
| 2002 | 132 | #1,443 |
| 2001 | 129 | #1,457 |
| 2000 | 115 | #1,549 |
| 1999 | 124 | #1,414 |
| 1998 | 104 | #1,576 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,879 |
| 1995 | 91 | #1,622 |
| 1994 | 77 | #1,836 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,737 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,684 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,851 |
| 1990 | 73 | #1,901 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,746 |
| 1988 | 56 | #2,066 |
| 1987 | 54 | #2,043 |
| 1986 | 66 | #1,750 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 43 | #2,265 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 22 | #3,624 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 30 | #2,860 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
Names like Sana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Salma Hiba Hafsa Sama Iqra Hana Huda Maha Khadija Amira Aisha
Names related to Sana
Siyana Sianna Shania Siana Sanaya Sihana Sanaa Shauna Sanai Saniya Shayna Shaina
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sana, updated 20 October 2026.