Saniah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAAN-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Saniah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “radiant, exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Saniah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sania, itself a spelling of Saniyya
“radiant, exalted”
Meaning borrowed from Sania.
Is Saniah a girl's or a boy's name?
Saniah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saniah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Saniah, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 148 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Saniah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saniah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 43 | #3,583 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 71 | #2,548 |
| 2011 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,783 |
| 2009 | 127 | #1,727 |
| 2008 | 146 | #1,570 |
| 2007 | 148 | #1,544 |
| 2006 | 129 | #1,639 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,703 |
| 2004 | 124 | #1,585 |
| 2003 | 83 | #2,103 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
Names like Saniah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Zainab Salma Samiyah Zaniyah Safiya Sariyah Farah Hadassah Kaliyah Hafsa
Names related to Saniah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Saniah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saniah, updated 20 October 2026.