Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sanjay

#2,674 most common boys' name of all time · #6,438 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among boys
#2,674
Rank overall
#6,438 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
2,606
Since 2016
274
Peak year
2006 #1,610
Best rank
#1,090 1974
Girls Boys peak 90/yr
198020002020

Sanjay first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 20 20 #4,907
2024 23 23 #4,466
2023 22 22 #4,650
2022 24 24 #4,358
2021 16 16 #5,627
2020 24 24 #4,181
2019 31 31 #3,592
2018 32 32 #3,475
2017 38 38 #3,092
2016 44 44 #2,741
2015 76 76 #1,919
2014 58 58 #2,283
2013 71 71 #1,952
2012 60 60 #2,195
2011 71 71 #1,958
2010 87 87 #1,744
2009 86 86 #1,766
2008 87 87 #1,744
2007 73 73 #1,939
2006 90 90 #1,610
2005 61 61 #2,047
2004 69 69 #1,809
2003 65 65 #1,829
2002 48 48 #2,202
2001 48 48 #2,165
2000 58 58 #1,841
1999 46 46 #2,085
1998 42 42 #2,184
1997 37 37 #2,288
1996 42 42 #2,063
1995 39 39 #2,123
1994 40 40 #2,065
1993 42 42 #1,954
1992 33 33 #2,278
1991 27 27 #2,576
1990 35 35 #2,108
1989 18 18 #3,279
1988 25 25 #2,422
1987 25 25 #2,315
1986 30 30 #1,989
1985 28 28 #2,052
1984 28 28 #1,965
1983 30 30 #1,848
1982 47 47 #1,393
1981 47 47 #1,389
1980 35 35 #1,687
1979 31 31 #1,828
1978 35 35 #1,609
1977 42 42 #1,427
1976 38 38 #1,467
1975 39 39 #1,426
1974 58 58 #1,090
1973 47 47 #1,220
1972 27 27 #1,716
1971 41 41 #1,328
1970 33 33 #1,492
1969 37 37 #1,325
1968 24 24 #1,649
1967 21 21 #1,757
1966 18 18 #1,890
1965 14 14 #2,269
1964 7 7 #3,582
1963 8 8 #3,311
1962 8 8 #3,304