Sanai is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Sanai means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Sanai across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Sanai has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Sanai is a girl name of Arabic origin meaning “splendor, radiance”. An Arabic name meaning brilliance; also a place name in Egypt.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 4,261 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Sanai per year, United States (1994 to 2025). United States peaked in 2008 (297/yr).
Sanai is an uncommon baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2008, when it ranked #1,668 nationally (given to 297 babies that year).
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