Sanaia
Sanaya or alternatively Sanaia may refer to:
Meaning & Origin of Sanaia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sanaya or alternatively Sanaia may refer to:
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The Story of Sanaia
Sanaia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2001, with 11 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2006: 31 births, good for #4,576 nationwide. About 78% of every Sanaia on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Sanaia last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 200 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sanaia
Sanaia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 200 births in the dataset. Sanaia's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #4,576. Use the chart and map above to compare Sanaia'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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