# Sanya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sanya/  
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 | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | San-ya, Samah, Sama, Saamaa, Saam-aa, Sam-a, Taa, Ta-a |
| US babies named this | 1,941 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,941 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 324, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Russian Са́ня (Sánja), diminutive of Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra) and Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr). In some cases possibly from Serbo-Croatian Сања and Sanja.

## 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 | 56 | 3,043 |
| 2012 | 61 | 2,861 |
| 2013 | 58 | 2,931 |
| 2014 | 46 | 3,479 |
| 2015 | 42 | 3,693 |
| 2016 | 37 | 4,072 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,470 |
| 2018 | 28 | 4,870 |
| 2019 | 28 | 4,884 |
| 2020 | 17 | 6,881 |
| 2021 | 28 | 4,818 |
| 2022 | 21 | 5,953 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,231 |
| 2024 | 22 | 5,764 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,512 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 22 | 1,302 |
| 2009 | 15 | 1,752 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Sanya

- Sanya Lopez, Filipino actress

## 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.