Ankit
Ankit is a male given name of Indian origin. Notable people with the name include:Ankit Bathla, Indian model and actor Ankit Bhardwaj, Indian film and television actor Ankit Dabas, Indian cricketer Ankit Dane, Indian cricketer Ankit Fadia, Indian author and television host Ankit Garg, Indian police official Ankit Gera, Indian actor Ankit Gupta, Indian actor Ankit Kalsi, Indian cricketer Ankit…
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Ankit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ankit is a male given name of Indian origin. Notable people with the name include:Ankit Bathla, Indian model and actor Ankit Bhardwaj, Indian film and television actor Ankit Dabas, Indian cricketer Ankit Dane, Indian cricketer Ankit Fadia, Indian author and television host Ankit Garg, Indian police official Ankit Gera, Indian actor Ankit Gupta, Indian actor Ankit Kalsi, Indian cricketer Ankit…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Bengali
The Story of Ankit
Ankit first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1978, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1998: 41 births, good for #2,199 nationwide. About 36% of every Ankit on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Ankit last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 798 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Names that sound like Ankit
Phonetically similar names — useful when Ankit is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Anklet
- Bankett
- Anka
- Anca
- Banket
- Achat
- Anchoret
- Alcott
- Uncut
- Anchored
- Ingot
- Anit
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Ankit
Ankit is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 798 births in the dataset. Ankit's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #2,199. Use the chart and map above to compare Ankit'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 .
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