Sanja

SAN-yuh /ˈsænjə/
girl 2 syllables fading

Sanja is a very rare girls' name that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.

Sanja is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2010. Sanja was first reported in SSA data in 1961 and peaked in 1966 (13 births).

About the name Sanja

PronunciationSAN-yuh /ˈsænjə/
CultureBosnianCroatianMacedonianMontenegrinRussianSerbianSlovenian
13peak births 1966
1961first in SSA data

Names similar to Sanja

How popular is Sanja?

Girls named Sanja
196119701980199020002010
Girls named Sanja per year hover for count and girls rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1961–2010 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2010) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Sanja total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201055#19,339
200655#19,508
200255#17,601
200066#14,671
19935—#15,294
19818—#7,983
19796—#9,920
19756—#8,793
19748—#6,739
19727—#7,115
19715—#9,323
19699—#5,372
19686—#6,859
19676—#6,635
196613—#3,701
19656—#6,382
19647—#5,901
19635—#7,439
19615—#7,360