Sanja

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sanja: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sanja: Recorded since 1961, it reached #308 in 1983, and it was last ranked in 1991.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
31years from first to last
#308highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Norway · Girls

Rising

among girls in Norway · 1961–1991

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Norway · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1961	#505
1967	#472
1971	#421
1972	#531
1975	#356
1976	#408
1977	#386
1978	#446
1979	#491
1980	#467
1981	#549
1982	#663
1983	#308
1984	#525
1985	#581
1986	#457
1987	#503
1988	#377
1989	#504
1990	#535
1991	#368

VerifiedSource: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name.Confidence: high.

See all Norway names · Source: Statistics Norway (SSB) — Born Persons by First Name

What the data shows

RisingNorway · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 21 of the 31 years from 1961 to 1991.

Official data for Norway, 1961–1991 · Statistics Norway (SSB). Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1961
First recorded at #505 among girls in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1961–1991
Highest recorded position: #308 among girls in Norway, in 1983 (recorded 1961–1991).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1991
Most recently recorded at #368 among girls in Norway, in 1991.
Norway · Girls

Sanja by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sanja in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	10	2 of 10	5
1970sbusiest	59	7 of 10	8
1980s	82	10 of 10	8
1990s	19	2 of 10	10

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Sanja appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1961 to 1991. Highest recorded position: #308 in Norway in 1983.

Sanja's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
1991	Norway	female	#368	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#535	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#504	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#377	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#503	8	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#457	9	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#581	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#525	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#308	14	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#663	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#549	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#467	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#491	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#446	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#386	10	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#408	9	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#356	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#531	6	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#421	8	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#472	6	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#505	4	High	Verified

Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1961 and 1991, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #308, first reached in 1983.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Norway in 1983.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sania · #756, 29y
Saniya · #835, 29y
Sanjay · #571, 25y
Sanna · #45, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Wanja · #309, 25y
Ragni · #311, 25y
Jette · #312, 17y
Treacy · #312, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Gintaras · #307, 28y
Hillary · #307, 33y
Johannah · #310, 24y
Mairin · #310, 19y

Sanja was ranked #308 in Norway · Girls in 1983. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sanja and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sanja without appearing here.

Sanja moved ahead of

Margaret Compare
In 1990 they stood at #535 and #529 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #368 and #661.
Jacqueline Compare
In 1990 they stood at #535 and #518 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #368 and #608.
Janet Compare
In 1986 they stood at #581 and #565 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #503 and #659.
Kate Compare
In 1990 they stood at #535 and #450 in Norway · Girls; by 1991 that had become #368 and #512.

Moved ahead of Sanja

Emilie Compare
In 1984 they stood at #525 and #596 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #581 and #243.
Oda Compare
In 1983 they stood at #308 and #423 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #525 and #245.
Sarah Compare
In 1971 they stood at #421 and #460 in Norway · Girls; by 1972 that had become #531 and #254.
Natalie Compare
In 1983 they stood at #308 and #422 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #525 and #258.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for Norway from 1961 to 1991. Highest recorded position: #308 in Norway in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Sanja

Sanja at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sanja by decade in Norway · Girls

Sanja appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sanja

Sanja and the names beside it

Sanja moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sanja

Sanja at a glance

Sanja by decade in Norway · Girls

Sanja appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Sanja

Sanja and the names beside it

Sanja moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sanja