How popular is the name Zana?

1,852 US babies were named Zana between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 1994.

What careers are people named Zana over-represented in?

Among notable women who are photographers, Zanas show up 1.3× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Zana

Q: How common is the spelling Zana?

1 in 31 Zaniyahs spell it Zana.

Zana (Arabic origin). 1,852 US babies since 1940, peak 1994. Notable Zanas are 1.3× over-represented as photographers.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

ArabicSpelling of Saniyah

Saniyah around the world

سنية · Arabic

In US birth records

Peak year: 1994

1,852 US babies were named Zana between 1940 and 2025.

Zana around the world

Belgium: 113 babies since 1995, peak 2007, No. 967 in 2025
Sweden: 25 babies since 1998, peak 2009, No. 1,086 in 2022
France: 215 babies since 1900, peak 2023, No. 1,737 in 2025
England & Wales: 169 babies since 1996, peak 1996, No. 3,034 in 2025

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Zanas end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Writer	1.3×	Low · 3 people
Actor	1.0×	Low · 2 people
Singer	1.2×	Low · 2 people
Photographer	1.3×	Low · 2 people

Among notable women who are photographers, Zanas show up 1.3× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 31 Zaniyahs spell it Zana

Zaniyah 13%
Saniyah 13%
Saniya 12%
Sanaa 11%
Sana 8%
Zaniya 6%
Sahana 5%
Sanya 3%
Sania 3%
Sanaya 3%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1994)