Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ankit through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 799
- 799 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −100%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,451 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Ankit
- Ankit GeraIndian actorborn 1987
- Ikka SinghIndian rapper and lyricistborn 1986
- Ankit SharmaIndian male long jumperborn 1992
- Ankit YadavIndian cricketerborn 1993
- Ankit SiwachIndian television actorborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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