Amit
Amit is a Hindu and Jewish given name and a Jewish surname.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Assamese
Meaning & Origin of Amit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Amit is a Hindu and Jewish given name and a Jewish surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Assamese
- Odia
- Punjabi
- Malayalam
- Kannada
- Tamil
- Telugu
- Nepali
- Hebrew
The Story of Amit
As a girl name
American parents first put Amit on the record books as a girl name in 1985, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 19 Amits were born — ranking #5,704 that year. About 45% of every Amit on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Amit last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 202 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Amit on the record books as a boy name in 1965, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1983, when 135 Amits were born — ranking #743 that year. About 35% of every Amit on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Amit ranks #6,288 for boys with 13 births, falling sharply (-26%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Amit
Amit is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Amit's peak popularity came in 1983 when it ranked #743. Use the chart and map above to compare Amit's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.