Sajan — #12702 US boys' name
295 babies named Sajan in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Sajan was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Sajan in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sajan
The Social Security Administration has registered 295 babies named Sajan between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sajan currently holds the #12702 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sajan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Sajan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sajan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sajan 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 295 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.
Sajan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Sajan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2011)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #12702 among boys.
295 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 17 births in a single year.
Sajan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 104 births that decade — 35% of Sajan's all-time total
Sajan decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 90 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Sajan's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Sajan by state
Where Sajan concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 3.7% |
11 of 295 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.7% 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, 1978–2024 (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.