Sahaj — #5158 US boys' name
431 babies named Sahaj in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Sahaj was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Sahaj in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sahaj
The Social Security Administration has registered 431 babies named Sahaj between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sahaj currently holds the #5158 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sahaj performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sahaj shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Sahaj in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sahaj in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 431 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Sahaj at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Sahaj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2012)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #5158 among boys.
431 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 26 births in a single year.
Sahaj by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 204 births that decade — 47% of Sahaj's all-time total
Sahaj decade highlights
- Peak decade 204 births
- Runner-up 111 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sahaj's strongest decade
204 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Sahaj by state
Where Sahaj concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7 | 1.6% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.2% |
7 of 431 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
- California 1.2% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.2% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.