Sanai
Hakim Abul-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanā'ī Ghaznavi, more commonly known as Sanai, was a poet in the Ghaznavid Empire, who wrote in Persian. He was born in 1080 and died in 1150.
Meaning & Origin of Sanai
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hakim Abul-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanā'ī Ghaznavi, more commonly known as Sanai, was a poet in the Ghaznavid Empire, who wrote in Persian. He was born in 1080 and died in 1150.
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The Story of Sanai
Sanai first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1994, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 297 Sanais were born — ranking #922 that year. As of 2026, Sanai ranks #1,618 for baby girls with 129 births, holding steady (-4%). In total, more than 4K Sanais have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Sanai
Sanai is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Sanai's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #922. Use the chart and map above to compare Sanai's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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