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How popular is the name Sanya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sanyas are alive today.
Sanya (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4844th in 2024 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2000, when 26 babies were given the name, the 852nd most popular that year. It has declined since 2000; the 2024 figure is roughly 15% of its peak.
The Sanya you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Sanyas born in England and Wales are between 17 and 27, and there are at least 340 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Sanya - on average, only one in every 927 such rooms contains a Sanya.
How many babies are named Sanya each year?
Where does Sanya rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Sanya most popular?
Sanya peaked in 2000, when 26 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Sanya?
At least 340 people named Sanya born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Sanya?
Most living Sanyas are between 17 and 27; the most common age is about 27.
Is Sanya becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2000 peak.