Sativa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sah-TEE-vah
- Origin
- Latin
Sativa is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “cultivated, sown”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sativa mean?
Latin: Latin botanical word, feminine of sativus
“cultivated, sown”
Familiar from plant names such as Cannabis sativa, Avena sativa (oats) and Castanea sativa (sweet chestnut).
Is Sativa a girl's or a boy's name?
Sativa is a girls' name.
How popular is Sativa in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Sativa in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sativa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 25 | #4,938 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 25 | #4,236 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Sativa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anika Prisha Saanvi Aviva Avani Anvika Saanvika Radhika Priya Akshara Krisha Nirvana
Names related to Sativa
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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, “Sativa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sativa, updated 20 October 2026.