Ranjeet
Ranjeet is a masculine given name. It is primarily associated with Gopal Bedi, an Indian actor, film producer, and director.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Ranjeet
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ranjeet is a masculine given name. It is primarily associated with Gopal Bedi, an Indian actor, film producer, and director.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
The Story of Ranjeet
American parents first put Ranjeet on the record books as a baby boy name in 1981, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1981, when 5 Ranjeets were born — ranking #6,263 that year. Ranjeet last appeared in the published SSA data in 1986, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ranjeet
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ranjeet. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Ranj
- Ranjit
Names that sound like Ranjeet
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About the name Ranjeet
Ranjeet is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Ranjeet's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #6,263. Use the chart and map above to compare Ranjeet'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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