Sanjana — #15925 US girls' name
2,180 babies named Sanjana in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
61% of everyone ever named Sanjana was born in this single decade.
168 babies were named Sanjana in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sanjana
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,180 babies named Sanjana between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanjana currently holds the #15925 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 168 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanjana performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,336 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sanjana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 371 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Sanjana in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sanjana 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 2,180 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.
Sanjana at a glance
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Current rank
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Sanjana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2003)
- 168
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #15925 among girls.
2,180 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 168 births in a single year.
Sanjana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,336 births that decade — 61% of Sanjana's all-time total
Sanjana decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,336 births
- Runner-up 536 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Sanjana's strongest decade
1,336 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Sanjana by state
Where Sanjana concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 371 | 17.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 239 | 11.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 149 | 6.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 114 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 108 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 62 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 53 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Florida | | 46 | 2.1% |
371 of 2,180 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.0% of nationwide
- New Jersey 11.0% of nationwide
- Texas 6.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Sanjana appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1990–2024 (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.