Sanjaya
Sanjaya is a boy's name that peaked in 2007, when it was the 3,687th most popular in the United States. It is given to both boys and girls. It has not appeared in the national data since 2008. About 50 Sanjayas are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 18.
Popularity, 1880–2025
girls named Sanjaya boys named Sanjaya
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 49
- Estimated living today
- 50
- Median age today
- 18
- Peak year
- 2007
- Best rank
- 3,687th
- Rank in 2025
- unranked
- First recorded
- 2007
- Girls / boys
- 13 / 36
Notable Sanjayas
- Sanjaya Malakar (born 1989)American reality television personality
People named Sanjaya with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names of 2007
The most popular boys’ names the year Sanjaya peaked:
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Sanjaya against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.