Recorded 1994–2015 Boys' name Peak 2008 134 births

Sanjit — boys' name

134 babies named Sanjit in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s62000s892010s39
2000s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Sanjit was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

14 babies were named Sanjit in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Sanjit

The Social Security Administration has registered 134 babies named Sanjit between 1994 and 2015, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sanjit currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanjit performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sanjit shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanjit 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 134 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.

Sanjit at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

134

Since 1994

22 years of records

Peak year

2008

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1994

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2015

Sanjit popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1994

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2008)
14
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
46810121416 201520122010200820062004200220001994 6

Sanjit by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
89 births that decade — 66% of Sanjit's all-time total
1990s62000s892010s39

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Sanjit?
134 babies have been named Sanjit since 1994. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2008 with 14 births.
When was Sanjit most popular?
Sanjit was most popular in the 2000s decade with 89 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Sanjit been used?
Sanjit has been recorded in Social Security data since 1994, spanning 22 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Sanjit?
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.

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, 1994–2015 (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.