Boys' name · since 1994
Sanjit
Sanjit has 134 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 134
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
134 boys have been named Sanjit since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Sanjit has 134 recorded births among boys since 1994, 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 1994 to 2015.
- #15,529 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 134 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sanjit ranks #15,529 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,529 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 134
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sanjit's 134 recorded births place it above 65.82% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Sanjit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sanjit's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sanjit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2015
- Peak year (2008)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Sanjit by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (89 births, 66% of the file).
2000s was Sanjit's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Sanjit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
89 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 89 births (66% of all-time use).
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- Sanjit's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (89 total births) through the 2010s (39) -- 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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Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1994–2015 (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 Sanjit 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.