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Sanai

99% girls · 160 born in 2025

Sanai has been given to about 4,261 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2008, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 4,238
Median age today15 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Sanai per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year2008 · 297
  • Born in 2025160
  • All time4,261

How popular is Sanai?

Its best year was 2008, when 297 babies were given the name, ranking 924th. The typical living American called Sanai is about 15 years old today. It is relatively most common in Maryland, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.

Names that sound like Sanai

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sarai0.85
  2. Saanvi0.76
  3. Sandi0.74
  4. Sanaa0.70
  5. Sana0.70
  6. Sarahi0.69
  7. Shai0.65
  8. Sandy0.61

Middle names for Sanai

Ranked by flow score
  1. Sanai Catherine0.84
  2. Sanai Josephine0.84
  3. Sanai Rose0.83
  4. Sanai Marie0.83
  5. Sanai Grace0.83
  6. Sanai Jane0.83

Sibling names for Sanai

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Yarelisister · 0.94
  2. Fisherbrother · 0.94
  3. Azariasister · 0.94
  4. Koenbrother · 0.93
  5. Janiyahsister · 0.93
  6. Bodebrother · 0.92

Where Sanai is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state
  1. Maryland0.02%
  2. Georgia0.01%
  3. New Jersey0.01%
  4. Virginia0.01%
  5. North Carolina0.01%

With a common surname

Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
  1. Sanai Reyes0.78
  2. Sanai Nguyen0.78
  3. Sanai Moore0.78
  4. Sanai Lee0.78
  5. Sanai Hall0.78
  6. Sanai Green0.78

How to read these numbers

Every score on this page is explained
  1. Phonetic similarity0–1
  2. Middle-name flow0–1
  3. Sibling fit0–1
  4. Living population estimatemethod
  5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

Sources for Sanai

Every figure on this page is public record
  1. United States1880–2025
  2. Scotland1974–2020
  3. France1900–2025

Sanai across America

Share of 2025 births in each state. Darker means more common.
ME
WA
VT
NH
MT
ND
MN
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
ID
SD
IA
IL
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
NV
WY
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
CA
UT
CO
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
AZ
NM
OK
LA
MS
AL
SC
AK
TX
GA
FL
HI
raremost common

Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.