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Girl name

Sanja

100% girls · last recorded 2010

Sanja has been given to about 123 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1966, which makes it a boomer-era name.

Meaning—
Origin—
Syllables2
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 116
Median age today54 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Sanja per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesFranceNorwayeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1966 · 13
  • Born in 20250
  • All time123

How popular is Sanja?

Its best year was 1966, when 13 babies were given the name, ranking 3701st. The typical living American called Sanja is about 54 years old today.

Names that sound like Sanja

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sonja0.78
  2. Sana0.79
  3. Santa0.79
  4. Sanaa0.74
  5. Sandra0.69
  6. Saniya0.71
  7. Aja0.70
  8. Shanda0.69

Middle names for Sanja

Ranked by flow score
  1. Sanja Josephine0.84
  2. Sanja Rose0.83
  3. Sanja Louise0.83
  4. Sanja June0.82
  5. Sanja Pearl0.82
  6. Sanja Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Sanja

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Troybrother · 0.57
  2. Kimberlysister · 0.56
  3. Larasister · 0.55
  4. Angiesister · 0.54
  5. Barronbrother · 0.50
  6. Brianbrother · 0.49

Where Sanja is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Sanja White0.78
    2. Sanja Reyes0.78
    3. Sanja Nguyen0.78
    4. Sanja Moore0.78
    5. Sanja Lee0.78
    6. Sanja Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Sanja

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. France1900–2025
    3. Norway1945–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.