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Sanjana

Recorded 1990–2025 · United States

Sanjana was most popular in 2003, when 168 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,194 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,189 people named Sanjana.

Most popular in2003
Rank that year#2,194
Births that year168
Total since 18802,189
Given to100% girls
Alive today~2,000
Median age20

Sanjana over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Sanjana’s peak in 2003. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Sanjana?

Sanjana first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1990, which makes it about 35 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 36 of the 36 years since.

How many people are named Sanjana?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,189 American births named Sanjana between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,168 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Sanjana in 2025?

9 American babies were named Sanjana in 2025, ranking #17,163 that year.

Is Sanjana getting more or less popular?

Sanjana is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 12 births a year, against 67 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -82% over the decade.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Sanjana a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sanjana is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,189 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Sanjana?

Roughly 2,168 Americans named Sanjana are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 20 years old, and half are between 16 and 24. That is a narrow band: Sanjana arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Sanjana is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org