Sanjiv

Boys' name

Living, reviving

Sanjiv has been given to 124 babies in the U.S. since 1965. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1971, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Sanjiv, 2007

1 in 666,000

Sanjiv over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sanjiv: meaning, origin, and history

Living, reviving

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sanjiv means

Sanjiv means “living, reviving”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sanjiv is used in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Telugu and Kannada.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 124 boys were recorded with the name Sanjiv between 1965 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1971; its best national rank was #3,322 in 1971.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Sanjiv?

Sanjiv had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007: 1 in 666,000; 6 of 3,997,748 births
Among boys only: 1 in 346,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2007: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 461,839 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sanjiv sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2007 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 461,839 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sanjiv. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sanjivs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sanjiv was born before 1976 — so the typical Sanjiv is around 49 today.

Median birth year: 1976; About 49 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 38.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 41.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 124; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 38.7% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Sanjiv rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1971 (10)
Years since peak: 54; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,322; 1971

Spellings of Sanjiv

Sanjiv is not the most common spelling — Sanjay is, with 50.8% against Sanjiv's 2.4%.

Sanjay50.8%2,606
Santi19.6%1,002
Rajiv16.0%820
Sajid11.2%573
Sanjiv2.4%124

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sanjiv around the world

Where Sanjiv ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2008
#4,432
in 2008
France
2003–2011
#5,526
in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Sanjiv by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,322; 1971
Peak year: 1971; 10 that year
First recorded: 1965
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 124
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sanjiv

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sante Sanay Santy Sanav Sanuel Sandler Sanjit Sanji Sani Sanmay Santez Sandip Santee Sandon Sanjith Sankalp Sanjuan Santosh Sanket Santiel Sanel Santigo Sanvik Sancho

Sibling names for Sanjiv

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Trena Charisse Darcie Michell Tressa Kerrie Nicola Latonia

For a brother

Darrick Judd Douglass Alfonzo Erich Edwardo Brant Bryon

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