Given name
Sartaj
“one who is crowned”
Sartaj is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is crowned.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is crowned.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sartaj through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 252
- 252 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,130 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −17%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,130 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 20 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 336 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.
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