Sujay

Boys' name

Great victory

Sujay has been given to 270 babies in the U.S. since 1980. 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 2005, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Sujay, 2021

1 in 424,000

Sujay 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sujay: meaning, origin, and history

Great victory

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sujay means

Sujay means “great victory”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Sujay is used in Bengali and Marathi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 270 boys were recorded with the name Sujay between 1980 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2005; its best national rank was #4,305 in 2005.

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 Sujay?

Sujay had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2021, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2021: 1 in 424,000; 8 of 3,389,958 births
Among boys only: 1 in 219,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2021: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 293,719 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sujay 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 2021 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 293,719 children born in 2021 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sujay. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Sujays were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sujay was born before 2006 — so the typical Sujay is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 53.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 91.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 270; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 53.0% of all recorded uses (143).

Is Sujay 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 2005 (21)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,305; 2005

Spellings of Sujay

Sujay is not the most common spelling — Jay is, with 89.6% against Sujay's 0.12%.

Jay89.6%195,548
Shay2.3%5,024
Ajay2.1%4,589
Sunny2.1%4,506
Sanjay1.2%2,606
Susan1.2%2,541
Vijay0.68%1,495
Suraj0.50%1,099

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.

Sujay around the world

Where Sujay 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
2004–2015
#4,747
in 2015
South Australia
2011–2011
#784
in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sujay 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: #4,305; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 21 that year
First recorded: 1980
Last recorded: 2021
All-time count: 270
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Sujay

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

Arjay Dejay Tyjay Ceejay Jayjay Deejay Ejay Teejay Rjay Sujal Vijay Tejay Cejay Eljay Sujan Tajay Sujit Tjay Emjay Anjay Sanjay Kjay Nijay Tahjay

Sibling names for Sujay

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

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Kenyon Paulo Yair Kadin Lavon

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