Tools / Baby names / S

Sanaa

Girl

Meaning of Sanaa: Arabic: 'brilliance or radiance'

Sanaa is a girl's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2052nd most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 1894th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2052

89 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1894

15 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

6,146

First recorded 1977 · peak 2006

Trend

falling

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 8 babies1983: 5 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 10 babies1986: 10 babies1987: 7 babies1988: 8 babies1989: 8 babies1990: 9 babies19901991: 17 babies1992: 7 babies1993: 8 babies1994: 5 babies1995: 11 babies1996: 10 babies1997: 13 babies1998: 13 babies1999: 11 babies2000: 28 babies20002001: 213 babies2002: 207 babies2003: 310 babies2004: 407 babies2005: 312 babies2006: 482 babies2007: 438 babies2008: 384 babies2009: 397 babies2010: 349 babies20102011: 290 babies2012: 237 babies2013: 199 babies2014: 219 babies2015: 201 babies2016: 217 babies2017: 192 babies2018: 162 babies2019: 136 babies2020: 143 babies20202021: 108 babies2022: 94 babies2023: 90 babies2024: 77 babies2025: 89 babies
US babies named Sanaa per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 482.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

More Arabic & Persian girls' names

Other names starting with S