# Sanaa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sanaa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,146 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,146 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 857, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 290 | 900 |
| 2012 | 237 | 1,063 |
| 2013 | 199 | 1,206 |
| 2014 | 219 | 1,142 |
| 2015 | 201 | 1,232 |
| 2016 | 217 | 1,162 |
| 2017 | 192 | 1,243 |
| 2018 | 162 | 1,389 |
| 2019 | 136 | 1,580 |
| 2020 | 143 | 1,501 |
| 2021 | 108 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 94 | 2,067 |
| 2023 | 90 | 2,139 |
| 2024 | 77 | 2,380 |
| 2025 | 89 | 2,116 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 937 |
| 2012 | 32 | 1,075 |
| 2013 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,549 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,749 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,490 |
| 2019 | 9 | 2,643 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Sanaa

- Sanaa Lathan, American actress
- Sanaa Mazhar, Egyptian actor
- Sanaa Seif, Egyptian political activist
- Sanaa Gamil, Egyptian actress (1928–2002)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.