Sanne

Girls' name

To repel, through Sander

Sanne has been given to 47 babies in the U.S. since 2001. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2007, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Sanne, 2019

1 in 694,000

Sanne over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sanne: meaning, origin, and history

To repel, through Sander

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sanne means

Sanne belongs to the name family reached through Sanne → Sander → Alexander → Ἀλέξανδρος. Its meaning is “to repel”.

Origin, language, and formation

Sanne is used in Danish and Dutch.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Susanne, Sander, Alexander and Ἀλέξανδρος.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Dutch, Sanne is pronounced /ˈsɑ.nə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 47 girls were recorded with the name Sanne between 2001 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2007; its best national rank was #12,476 in 2007.

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.

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How common is Sanne?

Sanne had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2019, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2019: 1 in 694,000; 5 of 3,472,229 births
Among girls only: 1 in 336,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2019: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 481,354 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sanne 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 2019 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 481,354 children born in 2019 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sanne. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sannes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sanne was born before 2007 — so the typical Sanne is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 78.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 47; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 78.7% of all recorded uses (37).

Is Sanne 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2007 (9)
Years since peak: 18; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #12,476; 2007

Spellings of Sanne

Sanne is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 21.7% against Sanne's <0.01%.

Anna21.7%914,859
Ann11.2%470,261
Jane9.0%379,876
Annie8.6%360,253
Anne7.7%325,128
Suzanne5.2%219,309
Joanne5.0%211,970
Jeanne3.9%163,249

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.

Sanne around the world

Where Sanne 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
2001–2003
#4,373
in 2003
France
2003–2008
#6,689
in 2008
Norway
1880–2025
#150
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Norway. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB data under CC BY 4.0.

Sanne by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #12,476; 2007
Peak year: 2007; 9 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2019
All-time count: 47
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sanne

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

Santi Sanem Sanye Sanavi Sanyi Sanaai Sansa Sanova Sanovia Sanjh Sanay Sanae Sanylah Sang Sanoe Saniaa Sancia Saniy Sanja Sanyla Sanaah Dafnne Sanaz Sanam

Sibling names for Sanne

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

For a sister

Jailyn Kalli Neveah Marlen Jaylyn Lupita Rhianna Marin

For a brother

Jaeden Nikhil Jamarcus Brandt Nevin Ean Davian Isai

Explore around Sanne

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