How Many People Are Named Sanjay?
people named Sanjay are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 136,713 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,606 babies named Sanjay in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
90 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Modern form of SANJAYA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sanjay in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sanjay alive today is about 27 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sanjay first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 2006, to 90 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sanjay has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,090, in 1974. In 2025 it ranked #5,011.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,011 |
| Best rank | #1,090 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,879 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sanjay alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sanjay were born in New York than in any other state: about 334 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sanjay was given 4.9 times as often in New York, 2.7 times in New Jersey and 2.3 times in California.
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