# Saniya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/saniya/  
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 | 6,985 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,985 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 483, 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 | 367 | 751 |
| 2012 | 304 | 880 |
| 2013 | 276 | 925 |
| 2014 | 230 | 1,109 |
| 2015 | 176 | 1,352 |
| 2016 | 192 | 1,269 |
| 2017 | 186 | 1,272 |
| 2018 | 143 | 1,530 |
| 2019 | 142 | 1,526 |
| 2020 | 106 | 1,848 |
| 2021 | 109 | 1,847 |
| 2022 | 85 | 2,225 |
| 2023 | 73 | 2,464 |
| 2024 | 69 | 2,582 |
| 2025 | 73 | 2,453 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 1,438 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,342 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,956 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,882 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,328 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## 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.