How Many People Are Named Sanna?
An estimated 627 people in the United States have the first name Sanna. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 33 years old, and Sanna peaked in popularity in 2008 with 21 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sanna as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Sanna paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
627
About 1 in 546,658 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
33
years old
Peak Year
2008
21 births
Total Registered
723
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sanna
Sanna is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 723 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sanna as a female name
Ranked #8,839 in 2024
12 female births in 2024
Peak: 2008 (21 births)
Sanna: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sanna span from the 1890s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 136 babies were registered. While Sanna is less common than at its peak in the 2000s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Sanna by Decade
How has Sanna tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Sanna by State
Sanna + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sanna as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sanna
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sanna: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sanna?
We estimate approximately 627 people named Sanna are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 546,658 Americans share this first name.
Is Sanna a common name?
Sanna is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 723 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sanna most popular?
Sanna reached peak popularity in 2008, when 21 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sanna is approximately 33 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sanna a female name?
Sanna is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sanna Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sanna Smith, Sanna Johnson, Sanna Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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