# Sahaj (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sahaj/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “natural”, “easy” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 447 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 447 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 59, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सहज (sahaja, “natural, easy”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,157 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,985 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,942 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4,510 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,523 |
| 2016 | 16 | 5,743 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,904 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,501 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,932 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,251 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4,754 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,595 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,874 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,213 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,803 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3,687 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: सहज

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.