MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sahaj mean?
Sahaj comes from Sanskrit sahaja, literally born together and hence innate or natural. In Hindi and Punjabi spiritual vocabulary it can describe an unforced or spontaneous state.
Pronunciation
IAST: sahaja
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सहज
Letter-by-letter: sahaja
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sahaj in Indian usage
3,735 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (89.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 382 records (10.2%).
- Recorded as male: 3,353 records (89.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1940s | 273 |
| 1950s | 525 |
| 1960s | 802 |
| 1970s | 711 |
| 1980s | 822 |
| 1990s | 486 |
| Other decades | 116 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,650 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 221 |
| Haryana | 210 |
| Bihar | 143 |
| Other states | 511 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Sahaj / M | 7 | 2,952 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sahaj; Table_6, C3194 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Sahaj; Table_6, C3194
- Monier-Williams, sahaja, p. 1193,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: सहज ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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