Sanjana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SUN-ja-na
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Sanjana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Sanjana come from?
Sanskrit: Indian name from Sanskrit
Is Sanjana a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanjana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sanjana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sanjana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanjana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,418 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Sanjana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Sanjana, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 168 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Sanjana in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanjana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 33 | #4,303 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 52 | #3,135 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 74 | #2,474 |
| 2011 | 83 | #2,258 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,873 |
| 2009 | 123 | #1,769 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,927 |
| 2007 | 118 | #1,804 |
| 2006 | 155 | #1,444 |
| 2005 | 131 | #1,553 |
| 2004 | 150 | #1,386 |
| 2003 | 168 | #1,248 |
| 2002 | 143 | #1,350 |
| 2001 | 128 | #1,467 |
| 2000 | 111 | #1,586 |
| 1999 | 72 | #2,112 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,970 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Nicknames for Sanjana
- Sanju
Names like Sanjana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Radhika, Akshara, Divisha, Priya, Saanvika, Varnika, Krisha, Shreya, Anvika, Viha, Isha
Names related to Sanjana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Sanjana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanjana, updated 20 October 2026.