How Many People Are Named Sanja?
people named Sanja are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,972,042 people in the US has this name
Based on 123 babies named Sanja in Social Security records from 1961 to 2010, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
13 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Derived from Croatian and Serbian sanjati meaning "dream".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sanja in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sanja alive today is about 48 years old, and 64% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 44 and 59 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sanja first appears in the records in 1961 and was given most often in 1966, to 13 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2010.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2010
🏆 Rank History
Sanja has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,700, in 1966.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,700 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,865 in the 1960s |
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