Sanna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAN-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Sanna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “lily”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Sanna mean?
Hebrew: Scandinavian and Finnish short form of Susanna
“lily”
A Scandinavian and Finnish short form of Susanna; also a spelling of Arabic Sana, 'radiance'.
Is Sanna a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sanna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Sanna, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 41 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sanna in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2010. 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.
Sanna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 26 | #962 |
| 2001 | 41 | #679 |
| 2000 | 28 | #875 |
| 1999 | 25 | #947 |
| 1998 | 25 | #955 |
| 1997 | 41 | #683 |
| 1996 | 32 | #778 |
How popular is Sanna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Sanna, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1894.
2025 had fewer girls named Sanna than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Sanna in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
Names like Sanna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Anna Salma Summer Jessica Ava Syeda Iqra Sana Hawa Ayla Hannah
Names related to Sanna
More Hebrew names
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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, “Sanna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanna, updated 20 October 2026.