Sanam Popularity by Year
Follow Sanam across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Sanam birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 11 | #8,860 | Up 6,334 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 5 | #15,194 | Down 8,210 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 16 | #6,984 | Down 17 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 16 | #6,967 | Up 4,123 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 8 | #11,090 | Down 1,354 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 10 | #9,736 | Down 1,119 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 12 | #8,617 | Up 4,259 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 7 | #12,876 | Down 6,155 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 18 | #6,721 | Up 6,348 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 7 | #13,069 | Up 1,513 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 6 | #14,582 | Down 3,325 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 9 | #11,257 | Up 5,507 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 5 | #16,764 | Down 6,974 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 11 | #9,790 | Up 5,452 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 6 | #15,242 | Up 163 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 6 | #15,405 | Down 3,775 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 9 | #11,630 | Down 3,393 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 14 | #8,237 | Up 1,215 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 11 | #9,452 | Up 1,238 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 9 | #10,690 | Down 1,019 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 10 | #9,671 | Up 575 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 9 | #10,246 | Down 4,424 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 19 | #5,822 | Up 986 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 15 | #6,808 | Down 912 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 17 | #5,896 | Up 2,688 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 10 | #8,584 | Down 4,345 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 25 | #4,239 | Up 826 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 19 | #5,065 | Up 612 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 16 | #5,677 | Up 1,927 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 11 | #7,604 | Down 1,931 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 16 | #5,673 | Up 2,392 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 10 | #8,065 | Down 2,406 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 16 | #5,659 | Down 110 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 16 | #5,549 | Up 982 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 12 | #6,531 | Up 1,860 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 8 | #8,391 | Up 1,434 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 6 | #9,825 | Down 5,101 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 16 | #4,724 | Up 1,307 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 11 | #6,031 | Down 132 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 11 | #5,899 | Up 3,116 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 6 | #9,015 | Down 2,644 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 10 | #6,371 | Up 1,757 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 7 | #8,128 | Up 2,264 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 5 | #10,392 | Down 1,382 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 6 | #9,010 | — |