Recorded 1966–2019 Boys' name Peak 2004 459 births

Sanjeev — boys' name

459 babies named Sanjeev in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s151970s1051980s681990s582000s1272010s86
2000s
Peak decade

28% of everyone ever named Sanjeev was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

20 babies were named Sanjeev in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sanjeev

The Social Security Administration has registered 459 babies named Sanjeev between 1966 and 2019, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sanjeev currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanjeev performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sanjeev shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanjeev 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 459 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.

Sanjeev at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

459

Since 1966

54 years of records

Peak year

2004

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1966

Recorded for 54 years

Last year on file: 2019

Sanjeev popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1966

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2004)
20
Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
0510152025 20192012200519981990198119741966 5

Sanjeev by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
127 births that decade — 28% of Sanjeev's all-time total
1960s151970s1051980s681990s582000s1272010s86

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sanjeev?
459 babies have been named Sanjeev since 1966. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2004 with 20 births.
When was Sanjeev most popular?
Sanjeev was most popular in the 2000s decade with 127 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Sanjeev been used?
Sanjeev has been recorded in Social Security data since 1966, spanning 54 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Sanjeev?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Santiago, Santos, Sanford, Santino, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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, 1966–2019 (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.