Sanjit
Sanjit may refer to:≈≠≠≠≠≠≠±−÷←••··Sanjit Acharya (1953–2024), Bangladeshi singer, composer, playwright, and lyricist Sanjit Biswas, co-founder of Meraki, Inc Sanjit Narwekar, documentary filmmaker and author Sanjit De Silva, Sri Lankan actor and director Sanjit Roy, also known as Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy, Indian social activist and educator
- Hindi
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Sanjit
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sanjit may refer to:≈≠≠≠≠≠≠±−÷←••··Sanjit Acharya (1953–2024), Bangladeshi singer, composer, playwright, and lyricist Sanjit Biswas, co-founder of Meraki, Inc Sanjit Narwekar, documentary filmmaker and author Sanjit De Silva, Sri Lankan actor and director Sanjit Roy, also known as Sanjit 'Bunker' Roy, Indian social activist and educator
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Bengali
The Story of Sanjit
American parents first put Sanjit on the record books as a baby boy name in 1994, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 14 Sanjits were born — ranking #6,069 that year. About 66% of every Sanjit on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Sanjit last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 134 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sanjit
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About the name Sanjit
Sanjit is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 134 births in the dataset. Sanjit's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #6,069. Use the chart and map above to compare Sanjit'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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