# Sanjay (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sanjay/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,606 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,606 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 325, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit संजय (saṃjaya).

## 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 | 71 | 1,962 |
| 2012 | 60 | 2,202 |
| 2013 | 71 | 1,959 |
| 2014 | 58 | 2,291 |
| 2015 | 76 | 1,928 |
| 2016 | 44 | 2,762 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,111 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,506 |
| 2019 | 31 | 3,621 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,257 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,741 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,415 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,718 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,543 |
| 2025 | 20 | 5,012 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 17 | 1,224 |
| 2007 | 18 | 1,252 |
| 2008 | 18 | 1,294 |
| 2009 | 16 | 1,425 |
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## People named Sanjay

- Sanjay Gupta, American neurosurgeon, medical reporter and writer

## 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.