# Saniyah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/saniyah/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | “radiant” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,300 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,300 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 239, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سنيّة (“radiant”)

## What it means

Saniyah is grouped under light.

## 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 | 468 | 619 |
| 2012 | 412 | 684 |
| 2013 | 324 | 827 |
| 2014 | 313 | 876 |
| 2015 | 292 | 931 |
| 2016 | 237 | 1,093 |
| 2017 | 247 | 1,045 |
| 2018 | 286 | 936 |
| 2019 | 176 | 1,306 |
| 2020 | 175 | 1,280 |
| 2021 | 171 | 1,321 |
| 2022 | 180 | 1,317 |
| 2023 | 150 | 1,469 |
| 2024 | 176 | 1,312 |
| 2025 | 175 | 1,284 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 | 2,104 |
| 2011 | 24 | 1,295 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 11 | 2,313 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## 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.