Given name

Sanket

“a sign or symbol”

Sanket is a variant of Sanketh. One Indian interpretation is “a sign or symbol.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sanket is a variant of Sanketh. One Indian interpretation is “a sign or symbol.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Sanket is a variant of Sanketh. An origin associated with Sanketh is Indian.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Sanskrit संकेत.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sanket through the years

Babies since 1880
44
44 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2001
8 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Sanket in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1982–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2001. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 773 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.

Sanket’s family of names

Sanket has a related form in Sanketh.

Walk Sanket’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Sanket, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Indian · Modern

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“a wealthy man”

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Sarek

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Samuelu

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Samarjit

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Ardit

“gold” · “day”

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Samajae

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Sidiki

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Ayumu

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sanket’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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