Sansa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAN-sa
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Sansa is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Sansa mean?
Modern: invented by George R. R. Martin
Sansa Stark is a central character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and the TV series Game of Thrones.
Is Sansa a girl's or a boy's name?
Sansa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sansa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Sansa, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sansa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Sansa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
How popular is Sansa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Sansa, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the girls named Sansa in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sansa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
Names like Sansa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Ayra Irha Raya Mirha Sama Yusra Hafsa Prisha Liyana Arya Isra
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Sansa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sansa, updated 20 October 2026.