Sanja
Sanja is a South Slavic feminine given name, meaning "she dreams".
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Slovene
Meaning & Origin of Sanja
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sanja is a South Slavic feminine given name, meaning "she dreams".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Croatian
- Serbian
- Slovene
The Story of Sanja
Sanja first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1961, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1966: 13 births, good for #3,558 nationwide. About 46% of every Sanja on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Sanja last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 123 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Sanja
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sanja. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Aleksandra
- Sanjica
Names that sound like Sanja
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About the name Sanja
Sanja is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 123 births in the dataset. Sanja's peak popularity came in 1966 when it ranked #3,558. Use the chart and map above to compare Sanja's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.