Sanjiv
Sanjiv is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Sanjiv Arya, Indian politician from Uttarakhand Sanjiv Bajaj, Indian businessman Sanjiv Bhatt, Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhattacharya, British journalist Sanjiv Buttoo, British television news editor, producer, and presenter Sanjiv Chaturvedi, Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaurasiya, Indian politician from…
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Punjabi
Meaning & Origin of Sanjiv
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sanjiv is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Sanjiv Arya, Indian politician from Uttarakhand Sanjiv Bajaj, Indian businessman Sanjiv Bhatt, Indian Police Service officer Sanjiv Bhattacharya, British journalist Sanjiv Buttoo, British television news editor, producer, and presenter Sanjiv Chaturvedi, Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaurasiya, Indian politician from…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Punjabi
- Telugu
- Kannada
The Story of Sanjiv
The earliest SSA record of Sanjiv as a baby boy name dates back to 1965, when 6 babies received it. 1971 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Sanjiv — #3,146 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Sanjiv on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Sanjiv last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 124 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sanjiv
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Names that sound like Sanjiv
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About the name Sanjiv
Sanjiv is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 124 births in the dataset. Sanjiv's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #3,146. Use the chart and map above to compare Sanjiv'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 .
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