Amit
Boy · Sanskrit
Amit is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Amit mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Amit a girl's or a boy's name?
Amit is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amit in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Amit in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Amit in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,301 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 22 | #845 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 21 | #836 |
| 1998 | 19 | #878 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 22 | #746 |
How popular is Amit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Amit, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1983, with 135 boys. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the boys named Amit in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2012, 15% of the babies named Amit in the US were girls.
Amit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,558 |
| 2007 | 51 | #2,473 |
| 2006 | 46 | #2,577 |
| 2005 | 52 | #2,261 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 44 | #2,388 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 57 | #1,908 |
| 2000 | 54 | #1,920 |
| 1999 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1998 | 51 | #1,896 |
| 1997 | 49 | #1,887 |
| 1996 | 58 | #1,652 |
| 1995 | 53 | #1,677 |
| 1994 | 63 | #1,490 |
| 1993 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1992 | 63 | #1,447 |
| 1991 | 73 | #1,308 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,247 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,331 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,128 |
| 1987 | 97 | #953 |
| 1986 | 78 | #1,053 |
| 1985 | 114 | #839 |
| 1984 | 113 | #823 |
| 1983 | 135 | #743 |
| 1982 | 111 | #840 |
| 1981 | 120 | #800 |
| 1980 | 104 | #871 |
| 1979 | 87 | #945 |
| 1978 | 75 | #996 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,036 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,067 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,191 |
| 1974 | 35 | #1,471 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 20 | #2,051 |
| 1970 | 28 | #1,614 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
Names like Amit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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