Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sanjana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,189
- 0 boys · 2,189 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 168 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,768 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,768 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 42.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 168 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,146 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Sanjana
- Sanjana KapoorIndian actressborn 1967
- Sanjana SanghiIndian Film actressborn 1996
- Sanjana SinghIndian actressborn 1986
- Sanjana GanesanIndian Sports Journalistborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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