How Many People Are Named Sanam?
people named Sanam are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 690,474 people in the US has this name
Based on 503 babies named Sanam in Social Security records from 1979 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
25 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sanam in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sanam alive today is about 24 years old, and 64% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sanam first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 1997, to 25 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sanam has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,346, in 1997. In 2025 it ranked #9,357.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,357 |
| Best rank | #4,346 (1997) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,992 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sanam alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sanam were born in California than in any other state: about 115 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sanam was given about 6.2 times as often in California.
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