Sanaia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-NY-a
- Origin
- Modern
Sanaia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Sanaia come from?
Modern: modern coinage, possibly modelled on Saniyah or Sanaya
Is Sanaia a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanaia is a girls' name.
How popular is Sanaia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Sanaia in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanaia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
Names like Sanaia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Salma, Zariah, Samira, Zaniya, Safa, Safiya, Amaya, Safia
Names related to Sanaia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Sanaia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanaia, updated 20 October 2026.