Sanya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Sanya: Recorded since 1996, it reached #852 in 2000, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#852highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#869
1997	#1126
1998	#1122
1999	#1060
2000	#852
2001	#1439
2002	#1245
2003	#1722
2004	#1383
2005	#1045
2006	#1585
2007	#2233
2008	#1302
2009	#1752
2010	#2843
2011	#2893
2012	#2338
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2015	#2496
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
2018	#3518
2019	#4686
2020	#3447
2022	#5669
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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #869 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: #852 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (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

Sanya 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 Sanya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	79	4 of 10	20
2000sbusiest	168	10 of 10	17
2010s	64	10 of 10	6
2020s	13	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Sanya 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #852 in England and Wales in 2000.

Sanya'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2496	10	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1752	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1302	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1045	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1439	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#852	26	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#869	25	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #852, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26births registered in its largest year, 200025 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.

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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.

Dilara · #853, 29y
Ebrahim · #853, 29y
Maysa · #853, 24y
Tayyab · #853, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Dilara · #853, 29y
Ebrahim · #853, 29y
Maysa · #853, 24y
Tayyab · #853, 28y

Sanya was ranked #852 in England and Wales · Girls in 2000. 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.

Sanya 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 Sanya without appearing here.

Sanya moved ahead of

Geraldine Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Carol Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5765 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #4684.
Kristy Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1439 and #1439 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1245 and #2301.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Sanya

Janice Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3447 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #1948.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2496 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2233.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2496 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2496 and #2705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2757.

Moved the opposite way to Sanya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanya went from #869 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanya went from #869 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanya went from #869 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanya went from #869 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Sanya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanya went from #869 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanya went from #869 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanya went from #869 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sanya went from #869 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #852 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sanya

Sanya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sanya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sanya appears in

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Sanya at a glance

Sanya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sanya appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sanya

Sanya and the names beside it

Sanya moved ahead of

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