Saniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-NEE-a
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,438 for girls
Saniya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “radiant; exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 2,438th for girls in the US (73 babies).
What does Saniya mean?
Arabic: also used in Indian families
“radiant; exalted”
Is Saniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Saniya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 73 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saniya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Saniya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 42 girls.
Half of all the girls named Saniya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 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 4,866th in England and Wales.
Saniya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,384 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 2009 | 42 | #879 |
| 2008 | 38 | #929 |
| 2007 | 30 | #1,057 |
| 2006 | 36 | #896 |
| 2005 | 29 | #982 |
| 2004 | 30 | #949 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 24 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,350 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Saniya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,438among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 73about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were named Saniya, making it the 2,438th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,841st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 655 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Saniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 248 girls in the US were given Saniya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #939, up from #2,438 for this spelling alone.
- Saniyah 175
- Saniya 73
Saniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #2,438 |
| 2024 | 69 | #2,559 |
| 2023 | 73 | #2,442 |
| 2022 | 85 | #2,208 |
| 2021 | 109 | #1,841 |
| 2020 | 106 | #1,841 |
| 2019 | 142 | #1,523 |
| 2018 | 143 | #1,520 |
| 2017 | 186 | #1,268 |
| 2016 | 192 | #1,267 |
| 2015 | 176 | #1,350 |
| 2014 | 230 | #1,107 |
| 2013 | 276 | #922 |
| 2012 | 304 | #876 |
| 2011 | 367 | #751 |
| 2010 | 491 | #598 |
| 2009 | 556 | #545 |
| 2008 | 601 | #511 |
| 2007 | 655 | #494 |
| 2006 | 578 | #523 |
| 2005 | 469 | #606 |
| 2004 | 448 | #613 |
| 2003 | 241 | #965 |
| 2002 | 146 | #1,327 |
| 2001 | 110 | #1,653 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Saniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Safiya Aaliyah Sumayyah Amira Zainab Khadija Aliya Haniya Hafsa Safia Inaya
Other spellings of Saniya
Names related to Saniya
Sana Siyana Shania Siana Sanaya Sanaa Sanna Sania Sanai Zaniya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza 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, “Saniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saniya, updated 20 October 2026.