Amita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-MEE-ta
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Amita is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “boundless”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Amita mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit amita 'boundless'
“boundless”
From Sanskrit amita, meaning limitless; the same word appears in Amitabha, a Buddha of infinite light.
Is Amita a girl's or a boy's name?
Amita is a girls' name.
How popular is Amita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1984, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the girls named Amita in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 19 | #3,902 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
Names like Amita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anika Aviva Asha Aisha Radhika Anisha Akshara Krisha Avani Priya Isha Anya
Names related to Amita
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Amita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amita, updated 20 October 2026.