Masculine dossier · first seen 1962

Sanjay

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sanjay
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2006

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1962Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

74.4%

2024

All-time

2,586

Sanjay is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 90 boys were named Sanjay.

In 2024, only 23 boys were given the name.

Down 74.4% from its peak.

All told, about 2,586 Americans have been named Sanjay and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1962.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2006

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