Sanyia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-NEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
Sanyia is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Sanyia come from?
Arabic: probably a variant of Saniyah
Is Sanyia a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanyia is a girls' name.
How popular is Sanyia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Sanyia in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanyia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Sanyia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Safa Safiya Samira Salma Samiyah Aliya Sariyah Amira Safia Zahara Saniyah
Names related to Sanyia
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Sanyia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanyia, updated 20 October 2026.