Boys' name · since 1966
Sanjeev
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.
- #8,301 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 459
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
459 boys have been named Sanjeev since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sanjeev has 459 recorded births among boys since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2019.
- #8,301 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 459 born since 1966
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanjeev ranks #8,301 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 459 born since 1966, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,301 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 459
- born since 1966
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanjeev's 459 recorded births place it above 81.74% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sanjeev's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sanjeev's full recorded timeline at 1994, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1966, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sanjeev popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2019
- Peak year (2004)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Sanjeev by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (127 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Sanjeev's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Sanjeev births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
105 births
- 1980s
1980s
68 births
- 1990s
1990s
58 births
- 2000s
2000s
127 births
- 2010s
2010s
86 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 127 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Sanjeev's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (127 total births) through the 2010s (86) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sanjeev: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1966–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Sanjeev draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.