How Many People Are Named Ankit?
people named Ankit are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 441,582 people in the US has this name
Based on 799 babies named Ankit in Social Security records from 1978 to 2020, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
41 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "marked" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ankit in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ankit alive today is about 28 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 22 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ankit first appears in the records in 1978 and was given most often in 1998, to 41 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2020.
Babies given the name each year, 1978 to 2020
🏆 Rank History
Ankit has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,056, in 1986.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,056 (1986) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,628 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ankit alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ankit were born in New Jersey than in any other state: about 88 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ankit was given 16.3 times as often in New Jersey and 2 times in California.
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