Sanam
#11,013 most common girls' name of all time · #18,277 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1979–2025
Rank among girls
#11,013
Rank overall
#18,277 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
503
Since 2016
85
Peak year
1997 #4,325
Best rank
#4,325 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Sanam first appears in 1979. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,795 |
| 2022 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,103 |
| 2021 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,076 |
| 2020 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,403 |
| 2019 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,991 |
| 2018 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,813 |
| 2016 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,290 |
| 2015 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,829 |
| 2014 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,457 |
| 2013 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,101 |
| 2012 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,558 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,475 |
| 2010 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,801 |
| 2008 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,979 |
| 2007 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,960 |
| 2006 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,431 |
| 2005 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,729 |
| 2004 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,073 |
| 2003 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,963 |
| 2002 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,598 |
| 2001 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,955 |
| 2000 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,988 |
| 1999 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,052 |
| 1998 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,923 |
| 1997 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,325 |
| 1996 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,212 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,932 |
| 1993 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,875 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,491 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,877 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,779 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,871 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,983 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,830 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,932 |
| 1985 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,402 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,261 |
| 1983 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,001 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,851 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,987 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,784 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,158 |