Aniket
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-NEE-ket
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Aniket is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “without a fixed home”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Aniket mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit aniketa
“without a fixed home”
Used as an epithet of Shiva and Vishnu, understood as one whose home is the whole world.
Is Aniket a girl's or a boy's name?
Aniket is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aniket in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Aniket, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Aniket than any year since 2016.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Aniket in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
How popular is Aniket in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Aniket in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aniket in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
Names like Aniket
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Aviraj Yuvraj Adhrit Ajit Dhruv Ansh Avyaan Vihaan Atharv Arjan Veer
Names related to Aniket
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh 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, “Aniket: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aniket, updated 20 October 2026.