Saniya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Saniya: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #835 in 2009, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#835highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1543
1998	#1319
1999	#1970
2000	#1831
2001	#1238
2002	#1032
2003	#996
2004	#883
2005	#990
2006	#855
2007	#1020
2008	#899
2009	#835
2010	#1257
2011	#1438
2012	#1342
2013	#1956
2014	#1882
2015	#2328
2016	#2757
2017	#3229
2018	#2499
2019	#4001
2020	#4535
2021	#3519
2022	#3970
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2010: #910 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1257 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1222 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #835 among girls in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Saniya 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 Saniya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	48	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	267	10 of 10	27
2010s	141	10 of 10	14
2020s	23	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

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

Saniya appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #835 in England and Wales in 2009.

Saniya'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2757	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1882	15	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1342	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1438	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1257	25	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#835	41	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#899	36	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1020	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#855	35	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#990	26	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#883	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#996	24	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1032	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1238	16	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #835, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 41 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 14 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Sandy · #478, 29y
Sania · #756, 29y
Sanja · #308, 21y
Sanjay · #571, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Carlotta · #834, 29y
Janvi · #834, 28y
Lilliana · #834, 27y
Samaira · #834, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Neive · #835, 27y
Aiya · #834, 23y
Bluebell · #836, 24y
Carlotta · #834, 29y

Saniya was ranked #835 in England and Wales · Girls in 2009. 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.

Saniya 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 Saniya without appearing here.

Saniya moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1238 and #3998.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4001 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #5581.
Donna Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #4634.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Saniya

Logan Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #1703.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4709 and #2504.
Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3519 and #3961 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #1948.
Marilyn Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #2040.

Moved the opposite way to Saniya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saniya went from #1222 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saniya went from #1222 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saniya went from #1222 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saniya went from #1222 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Saniya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saniya went from #1222 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saniya went from #1222 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saniya went from #1222 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Saniya went from #1222 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #835 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saniya

Saniya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saniya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saniya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Saniya at a glance

Saniya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Saniya appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Saniya

Saniya and the names beside it

Saniya moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Saniya

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Moved the same way as Saniya