Adit
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Adit is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Adit mean?
Sanskrit
A diminutive of the male given name Aditya, from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Adit a girl's or a boy's name?
Adit is a boys' name.
How popular is Adit in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 boys.
Adit in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
How popular is Adit in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Adit in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Adit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Ajit Adhrit Yuvraj Avyaan Atharv Dhruv Vihaan Shivansh Avi Ansh Arjan
Names related to Adit
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veer Veda India
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Adit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adit, updated 20 October 2026.