Saniyah
Saniyah is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 176 births. Its best rank was 507th, in 2009.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1760.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2009595 births
- Best rank
- #507in 2009
- Since 1997
- 7,122people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,122 girls have been named Saniyah in the United States since 1997, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2009, with 595 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2011, and the 2010s alone account for 46%. It has spent 13 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2009, its biggest year
Saniyah was the 507th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2009 were Isabella, Emma, Olivia, Sophia and Ava. See all of 2009.
Names that rose and fell with Saniyah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nevaehpeak 2007
- Janiyahpeak 2009
- Serinitypeak 2009
- Bryliepeak 2009
- Zamyapeak 2009
- Mahipeak 2009
- Kadencepeak 2005
- Addisonpeak 2007
Other spellings in the data
- Shania15,744 ever
- Saniya6,911 ever
- Shaniya6,513 ever
- Shaniyah3,031 ever
- Shanya2,156 ever
- Shaniah1,928 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.