Sanya
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Sanya is a girls' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Sanya mean?
Slavic
A female given name from Russian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sanya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sanya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sanya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sanya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,763 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 20 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 18 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 26 | #894 |
How popular is Sanya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Sanya, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 108 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had fewer girls named Sanya than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Sanya in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 46 | #3,423 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,902 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 56 | #3,013 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 73 | #2,547 |
| 2008 | 86 | #2,267 |
| 2007 | 108 | #1,908 |
| 2006 | 89 | #2,165 |
| 2005 | 98 | #1,949 |
| 2004 | 95 | #1,961 |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,410 |
| 2002 | 61 | #2,551 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,557 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,665 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
Names like Sanya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anya, Priya, Saanvi, Prisha, Navya, Aavya, Shreya, Kavya, Shriya, Aadhya, Aarya, Arya
Names related to Sanya
Sana, Siyana, Siana, Sanaya, Sanaa, Sonya, Sanna, Sania, Saniyah, Sanai, Saniya, Shayna
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri, Milah
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, “Sanya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanya, updated 20 October 2026.