Sanaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-NAA-ya
- Origin
- Hindi
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,859 for girls
Sanaya is a girls' name of Hindi origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 2,859th for girls in the US (59 babies).
Where does Sanaya come from?
Hindi: modern Indian name
Is Sanaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 59 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sanaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,868th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Sanaya, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 44 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sanaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Sanaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,431 |
| 2019 | 36 | #1,040 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 44 | #933 |
| 2016 | 44 | #917 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 21 | #1,544 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Sanaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,859th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 59 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 59 girls in the US were named Sanaya, making it the 2,859th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,100th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 135 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Sanaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 64 girls in the US were given Sanaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,265, up from #2,859 for this spelling alone.
- Sanaya 59
- Sanayah 5
Sanaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,859 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,604 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,112 |
| 2020 | 87 | #2,100 |
| 2019 | 76 | #2,355 |
| 2018 | 115 | #1,774 |
| 2017 | 115 | #1,804 |
| 2016 | 135 | #1,622 |
| 2015 | 114 | #1,823 |
| 2014 | 98 | #2,010 |
| 2013 | 77 | #2,364 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,769 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,867 |
| 2010 | 65 | #2,726 |
| 2009 | 91 | #2,183 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 83 | #2,311 |
| 2006 | 65 | #2,728 |
| 2005 | 59 | #2,783 |
| 2004 | 63 | #2,616 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Sanaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Anaya, Amaya, Raya, Inaya, Amira, Aaliyah, Khadija, Shanaya, Alaya, Maya, Safiya
Other spellings of Sanaya
Names related to Sanaya
Sana, Sanaa, Sanna, Sania, Zanaya, Saniya, Shaniya, Sanai, Sanya
More Hindi names
Prisha, Saanvi, Meera, Riya, Jiya, Diya, Reyansh, Sai, Neev, Aarush, Rivaan, Samaira, Rishaan, Tulsi, Muskan, Rivan
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, “Sanaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanaya, updated 20 October 2026.