Sanad
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAN-ad
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #687 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,328 for boys
Sanad is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “support, reliance”. In 2025 it ranked 687th for boys in the UK (58 babies) and 1,328th for boys in the US (145 babies).
What does Sanad mean?
Arabic
“support, reliance”
In Islamic scholarship a sanad is the chain of narrators that supports a hadith.
Is Sanad a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 boys in the UK and 145 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sanad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #687among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 5,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 689% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the UK were named Sanad, making it the 687th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most boys named Sanad of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Sanad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 687th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Sanad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #687 |
| 2024 | 50 | #757 |
| 2023 | 34 | #986 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,130 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Sanad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,328among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 145about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 205% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 145 boys in the US were named Sanad, making it the 1,328th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. It first appears in the records in 1991.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most boys named Sanad of any year since it first appeared, in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Sanad in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 145 | #1,328 |
| 2024 | 139 | #1,359 |
| 2023 | 122 | #1,473 |
| 2022 | 89 | #1,815 |
| 2021 | 64 | #2,192 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
Names like Sanad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayd Zayaan Musa Zayan Fahad Hamza Ahmed Ahad Umar Abdullah Musab
Names related to Sanad
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra 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, “Sanad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanad, updated 20 October 2026.