How Many People Are Named Ranjit?
people named Ranjit are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,406,935 people in the US has this name
Based on 153 babies named Ranjit in Social Security records from 1967 to 1996, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
10 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "coloured, pleased, delighted" in Sanskrit. A famous bearer was Ranjit Singh (1780-1839), the founder of a Sikh kingdom that covered most of the Punjab and Kashmir.
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 Ranjit in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ranjit alive today is about 43 years old, and 94% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 50 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ranjit first appears in the records in 1967 and was given most often in 1980, to 10 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1996.
Babies given the name each year, 1967 to 1996
🏆 Rank History
Ranjit has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,520, in 1969.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,520 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,991 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ranjit alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ranjit were born in California than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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