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Baby name

Sanjay

Boy

Origin of the name

Sanjay comes from the Sanskrit sanjaya, “victorious.”

Classic name

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Sanjay peaked in 2006, when 1 baby in 43,957 was given the name. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 64 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 4856.
2,606births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 1605rank at its peak, in 2006

Where babies named Sanjay are born

2006

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The darker the blue, the more common Sanjay is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Sanjay is most common in New York (4.6 times) and California (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

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