boy's name

Ankit

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 954

Ankit is a boy's name. In 2020 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1998, when 41 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.

Ankit over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

284
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ankit by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 10
1980s 201
1990s 284
2000s 215
2010s 84
2020s (to 2020) 5

How popular is Ankit?

In 2020, Ankit was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Ankit is used

Canada #2,917 5 in 2009
England & Wales #5,659 3 in 2016
United States #12,868 5 in 2020

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ankit

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ankit also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ankit over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Ankit

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ankit — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ankit

How popular is the name Ankit?

In 2020, Ankit was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Ankit a girl's or a boy's name?

Ankit is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Ankit most popular?

Ankit peaked in 1998, when 41 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.