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Sana

#1,434 in 2025Girls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Sana has been given to 4,878 babies in the U.S. since 1923. In 2025 it ranked #1,434 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 180 recorded.

Babies named Sana, 2025

1 in 22,000

Sana over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sana: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sana means

Sana has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Sana

A separate documented entry treats Sana as a alternate transcription of Sanaa. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

One of the source’s documented entries for Sana records a meaning of thread, silk.

A separate documented entry treats Sana as a form of Thana. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

Origin, language, and formation

Sana is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,873 girls were recorded with the name Sana between 1923 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 180 in 2022; its best national rank was #1,316 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,030 in 2020 to #1,434 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,676 in 2015 to #1,434 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Sana between 1985 and 1985. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1985; its best national rank was #7,387 in 1985.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Sana?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 22,000
151 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 10,600
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,434
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
15,219 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Sana sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 15,219 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sana. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sanas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sana was born before 2006 — so the typical Sana is around 19 today.

Median birth year
2006
About 19 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
25.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
64.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,858
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 25.1% of all recorded uses (1,222).

Is Sana rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+16
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+596
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+242
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.18×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
83.9%
Peak was 2022 (180)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,316
2022

Spellings of Sana

Sana is not the most common spelling — Sarah is, with 11.2% against Sana's 0.05%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Sana is used

Across 2016–2025, Sana was most concentrated in Virginia — about 1 in 3,333 girls, against 1 in 10,126 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

130 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Virginia1 in 3,333
  2. 2California1 in 5,263
  3. 3Washington1 in 6,667
  4. 4New Jersey1 in 7,143
  5. 5New York1 in 7,143
  6. 6Texas1 in 10,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 12,500
  8. 8Colorado1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Sana around the world

Where Sana ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #568
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1984–2024
    #638
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2010–2025
    #544
    in 2025
  • France
    1972–2025
    #264
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #337
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #520
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1967–2013
    #328
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Sana

People whose public names include Sana, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Sana by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,434
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 596
Best rank ever
#1,316
2022
Peak year
2022
180 that year
First recorded
1923
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,873
Count in 2025
151

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,387
1985
Peak year
1985
5 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
1985
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Sana

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Sana

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Sana, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Sana

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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