Amit
Amit was the 8296th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 743rd with 135 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,775 places. More babies were named Amit in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,296 boys, down 182 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 9boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1983135 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,101babies recorded
Amit popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 202 since 1985.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,296 | 9 |
| 2020 | #8,114 | 9 |
| 2010 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 2000 | #1,928 | 54 |
| 1990 | #1,252 | 78 |
| 1980 | #872 | 104 |
| 1970 | #1,618 | 28 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Amit, counting every spelling?
Amit has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Amit?
9 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Amit (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Amit born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 930 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Amit.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Amit?
About 2,800 people born in the US named Amit are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 25 and 44. That makes Amit mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Amit by state
How common Amit was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Amit: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Amit, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Amit
How popular is the name Amit?
Amit was the 8296th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 9 babies. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 743rd with 135 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,775 places. More babies were named Amit in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Amit a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Amit in the US.
Where is Amit most popular?
In 2021–2025, Amit was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys).