Saniya
Saniya or Saniyya or Saniyah is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Saniya Anklesaria, Indian actress Saniya Chong, American basketball player Saniya Habboub (1901–1983), Lebanese physician Saniyah Hall, American basketball player Saniya Iyappan, Indian actress Saniya Naz, Pakistani politician Saniya Rivers, American basketball player Sania Saleh, Syrian writer and…
Meaning & Origin of Saniya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Saniya or Saniyya or Saniyah is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Saniya Anklesaria, Indian actress Saniya Chong, American basketball player Saniya Habboub (1901–1983), Lebanese physician Saniyah Hall, American basketball player Saniya Iyappan, Indian actress Saniya Naz, Pakistani politician Saniya Rivers, American basketball player Sania Saleh, Syrian writer and…
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The Story of Saniya
The earliest SSA record of Saniya as a baby girl name dates back to 1987, when 5 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 655 newborns named Saniya — #494 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Saniya on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Saniya ranks #2,928 for baby girls with 57 births, falling sharply (-50%). All told, over 7K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Saniya
Saniya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 7K births in the dataset. Saniya's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #494. Use the chart and map above to compare Saniya'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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