Ajit
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-JEET
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Ajit is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “unconquered, invincible”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Ajit mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit ajita
“unconquered, invincible”
Ajitanatha, the second Jain tirthankara, takes his name from the same Sanskrit word.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ajit a girl's or a boy's name?
Ajit is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ajit in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Ajit, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd.
2025 had the most boys named Ajit of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Ajit in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 30 boys in the UK were given Ajit or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #951, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
- Ajit 19
- Ajeet 11
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Ajit in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Ajit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 96% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Ajit, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Ajit in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ajit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
Names like Ajit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Adhrit Avyaan Shivansh Aviraj Yuvraj Avi Vihaan Atharv Viraj Advik Ayansh
Other spellings of Ajit
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veer Veda
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, “Ajit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ajit, updated 20 October 2026.