Sanyiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-NEE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
Sanyiah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Sanyiah come from?
Arabic: spelling of Sanyia; probably a variant of Saniyah
Meaning borrowed from Sanyia.
Is Sanyiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanyiah is a girls' name.
How popular is Sanyiah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Sanyiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanyiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Names like Sanyiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Sariyah, Samiyah, Safa, Zaniyah, Safiya, Hadassah, Zaliyah, Kaliyah, Naziyah, Saniyah, Nusaybah
Names related to Sanyiah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Sanyiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanyiah, updated 20 October 2026.