Sanjay

Where Sanjay comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit संजय (saṃjaya).
— Wiktionary's entry for Sanjay
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #3,041 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Peak, #1,082
    58 babies named Sanjay — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,933.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Sanjay hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.