Sanna
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Susanna.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sanna (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sanna has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 261 |
| 1999 | 214 |
| 2000 | 223 |
| 2001 | 168 |
| 2002 | 163 |
| 2003 | 177 |
| 2004 | 137 |
| 2005 | 99 |
| 2006 | 116 |
| 2007 | 110 |
| 2008 | 83 |
| 2009 | 81 |
| 2010 | 62 |
| 2011 | 65 |
| 2012 | 48 |
| 2013 | 46 |
| 2014 | 29 |
| 2015 | 26 |
| 2016 | 24 |
| 2017 | 24 |
| 2018 | 31 |
| 2019 | 26 |
| 2020 | 19 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 20 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7,041 | – |
| 2000 | 7,282 | – |
| 2001 | 7,475 | – |
| 2002 | 7,640 | – |
| 2003 | 7,816 | – |
| 2004 | 7,949 | – |
| 2005 | 8,036 | – |
| 2006 | 8,166 | – |
| 2007 | 8,275 | – |
| 2008 | 8,369 | – |
| 2009 | 8,454 | – |
| 2010 | 8,514 | – |
| 2011 | 8,574 | – |
| 2012 | 8,625 | – |
| 2013 | 8,680 | – |
| 2014 | 8,703 | – |
| 2015 | 8,740 | – |
| 2016 | 8,774 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8,822 | 10 |
| 2018 | 8,836 | 10 |
| 2019 | 8,866 | 10 |
| 2020 | 8,888 | – |
Sanna in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sanna.Hi! My name is Sanna.
- Sanna har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sanna has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Sanna kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Sanna is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Sannas mamma är lärare.Sanna's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sannas mamma is Sanna's mum.
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Questions about Sanna
How do you pronounce Sanna in Swedish?
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What does the name Sanna mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Susanna.
How popular is Sanna in Sweden?
20 babies were named Sanna in 2022. In 2020, 8,888 people in Sweden had Sanna as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.