Mohit
Mohit is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali.
- Hindi
- Punjabi
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Mohit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mohit is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Punjabi
- Bengali
The Story of Mohit
The earliest SSA record of Mohit as a baby boy name dates back to 1976, when 6 babies received it. 1996 was its biggest year on record, with 20 newborns named Mohit — #3,404 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Mohit on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Mohit last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 432 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Mohit
Mohit is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 432 births in the dataset. Mohit's peak popularity came in 1996 when it ranked #3,404. Use the chart and map above to compare Mohit'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.