Sanaya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sanaya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sanaya: Recorded since 2001, it reached #852 in 2016, and it stood at #1,065 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#852highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#3998
2005	#4798
2006	#4157
2007	#4294
2008	#3860
2009	#5556
2010	#4012
2011	#2893
2012	#2215
2013	#1587
2014	#1456
2015	#1783
2016	#852
2017	#889
2018	#1170
2019	#980
2020	#1397
2021	#1962
2022	#1452
2023	#1705
2024	#1065

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 24 years from 2001 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2001–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2001
First recorded at #3998 among girls in England and Wales in 2001 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2024
Highest recorded position: #852 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 2001–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1065 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sanaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sanaya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	22	6 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	233	10 of 10	23
2020s	106	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2015 and 2016, when recorded births rose by 28, from 16 to 44.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sanaya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #852 in England and Wales in 2016.

Sanaya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1065	32	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1705	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1397	22	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#980	36	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1170	29	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#889	43	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#852	44	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1456	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1587	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2215	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2001 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #852, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 44 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#1,065position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
44births registered in its largest year, 201625 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maysa · #853, 24y
Efe · #854, 23y
Abdul-Hadi · #857, 17y
Mysha · #857, 21y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Amaira · #855, 17y
Aryanna · #856, 18y
Bruna · #856, 23y
Defne · #856, 20y

Sanaya was ranked #852 in England and Wales · Girls in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sanaya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sanaya without appearing here.

Sanaya moved ahead of

Cecilie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2893 and #2636 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1587 and #5742.
Josefine Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2215 and #5876.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2215 and #5876.
Freddie Compare
In 2016 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #889 and #4063.

Moved ahead of Sanaya

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #980 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1397 and #460.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1456 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1783 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Sanaya

Abigail Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanaya went from #3998 to #1065 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanaya went from #3998 to #1065 while Aimee went from #72 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanaya went from #3998 to #1065 while Aisling went from #514 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanaya went from #3998 to #1065 while Alex went from #172 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Sanaya

Ada Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanaya went from #3998 to #1065 and Ada from #1520 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanaya went from #3998 to #1065 and Alma from #1728 to #234.
Amalie Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanaya went from #3998 to #1065 and Amalie from #3998 to #1128.
Amelia Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanaya went from #3998 to #1065 and Amelia from #32 to #2.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2001 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #852 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sanaya

Sanaya at a glance

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Sanaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Sanaya at a glance

Sanaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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