boy's name

Smit

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 57

Smit is a boy's name with 1 syllable. In 2017 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2000, when 8 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1995.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Smit over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

30
'90 '00 '10
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Births named Smit by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 6
2000s 30
2010s (to 2017) 12

How popular is Smit?

In 2017, Smit was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Smit is used

England & Wales #5,353 3 in 2019
United States #9,969 7 in 2017

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 Smit

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

Parents who like Smit also like

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

Sibling names for Smit

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

Common questions about Smit

How popular is the name Smit?

In 2017, Smit was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Smit is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Smit?

Smit has 1 syllable.

When was Smit most popular?

Smit peaked in 2000, when 8 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.