Sania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAAN-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Sania is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “radiant, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Sania mean?
Arabic: spelling of Saniyya
“radiant, exalted”
Is Sania a girl's or a boy's name?
Sania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sania in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Sania, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 38 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sania in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Sania in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,656 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 33 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 35 | #978 |
| 2007 | 31 | #1,026 |
| 2006 | 34 | #932 |
| 2005 | 38 | #808 |
| 2004 | 29 | #967 |
| 2003 | 28 | #951 |
| 2002 | 32 | #829 |
| 2001 | 30 | #857 |
| 2000 | 21 | #1,073 |
| 1999 | 24 | #975 |
| 1998 | 23 | #1,015 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Sania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Sania, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,734th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 163 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Sania in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,734 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 31 | #4,457 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 73 | #2,482 |
| 2010 | 54 | #3,074 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,934 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,685 |
| 2007 | 155 | #1,489 |
| 2006 | 163 | #1,390 |
| 2005 | 126 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 122 | #1,600 |
| 2003 | 121 | #1,589 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,819 |
| 2001 | 54 | #2,736 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Names like Sania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Salma Hafsa Hiba Aaliyah Safia Safaa Summer Safiya Sumayyah Ayah
Names related to Sania
Sana Siyana Sonia Sianna Shania Siana Sanaya Sihana Saniyah Sanai Sanaa Saniya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Sania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sania, updated 20 October 2026.