Navjot
The Navjote ceremony is the ritual through which an individual is inducted into the Zoroastrian religion and begins to wear the sedreh and kushti. The term navjote is used primarily by the Zoroastrians of India, while sedreh pushi is used primarily by the Zoroastrians of Iran.
Meaning & Origin of Navjot
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Navjote ceremony is the ritual through which an individual is inducted into the Zoroastrian religion and begins to wear the sedreh and kushti. The term navjote is used primarily by the Zoroastrians of India, while sedreh pushi is used primarily by the Zoroastrians of Iran.
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The Story of Navjot
As a girl name
Navjot first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1989, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 12 Navjots were born — ranking #6,976 that year. As of 2026, Navjot ranks #15,404 for girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 108 Navjots have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Navjot first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1992, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1996, when 11 Navjots were born — ranking #5,187 that year. As of 2026, Navjot ranks #12,285 for boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 99 Navjots have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Navjot
Navjot is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1989 and has accumulated 108 births in the dataset. Navjot's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #6,976. Use the chart and map above to compare Navjot'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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