Amit
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #11,615 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 93.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1983 · 135 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,899since 1965
Amit over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,904 | 15 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | — | #8,067 | 9 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #5,106 | 18 | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #4,594 | 21 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | — | #3,787 | 27 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,405 | 31 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #3,625 | 29 |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #2,748 | 43 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #3,162 | 36 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | #3,561 | 30 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #2,473 | 51 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 | #2,578 | 46 |
| 2005 | — | #2,265 | 52 | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #2,238 | 51 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 | #2,392 | 44 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #2,249 | 46 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #1,912 | 57 |
| 2000 | #5,705 | 19 | #1,924 | 54 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #2,162 | 43 |
| 1998 | — | #1,899 | 51 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,890 | 49 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 | #1,655 | 58 |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #1,682 | 53 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #1,495 | 63 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #1,577 | 57 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #1,452 | 63 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #1,314 | 73 |
| 1990 | — | #1,252 | 78 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,336 | 67 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,130 | 78 | |
| 1987 | — | #954 | 97 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,054 | 78 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #839 | 114 |
| 1984 | — | #823 | 113 | |
| 1983 | — | #743 | 135 | |
| 1982 | — | #840 | 111 | |
| 1981 | — | #800 | 120 | |
| 1980 | — | #871 | 104 | |
| 1979 | — | #945 | 87 | |
| 1978 | — | #996 | 75 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,036 | 69 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,067 | 61 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,191 | 50 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,471 | 35 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,653 | 28 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,680 | 27 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,052 | 20 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,615 | 28 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,445 | 12 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Amit! It came in at #3,537, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Amit is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#731 · 1 in 7,906
- New York#881 · 1 in 10,340
- California#1,416 · 1 in 26,867
Best ever in a state: #271 in New Jersey, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #731 | 6 | 1 in 7,906 |
| New York | #881 | 11 | 1 in 10,340 |
| California | #1,416 | 9 | 1 in 26,867 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Amit
- 2,339 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #8,243)
- 176 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #8,243)
- 2,736 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 100 spots in 1987 (#1,054 → #954)
- Biggest drop: 215 spots in 1986 (#839 → #1,054)
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1983 at #743 (135 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1978–1985
- Highest: 1 in 13,278 boys born in 1983 were named Amit (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.1% of all boys named Amit (1,017) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34 | #2,445 (1968) | #3,070 |
| 1970s | 480 | #945 (1979) | #1,371 |
| 1980s | 1,017 | #743 (1983) | #939 |
| 1990s | 588 | #1,252 (1990) | #1,638 |
| 2000s | 467 | #1,912 (2001) | #2,475 |
| 2010s | 246 | #2,748 (2011) | #4,335 |
| 2020s | 67 | #5,562 (2021) | #7,571 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Amit in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 253,403 of them was named Amit, which outranked 32.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #10,345Zyan8
- #10,345Zyann8
- #10,345Zyasia8
- #11,385Amit7
- #11,385Aalliyah7
- #11,385Aarika7
- #11,385Aashka7
- #12,688Aalia6
- #12,688Aaliyan6
- #12,688Aaniya6
Tied with 1,302 names at #11,385; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 44,655 of them was named Amit, which outranked 81.4% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,140Tashawn44
- #2,140Tavin44
- #2,140Trinidad44
- #2,162Amit43
- #2,162Aleczander43
- #2,162Anas43
- #2,162Aren43
- #2,199Aj42
- #2,199Anwar42
- #2,199Caine42
Tied with 36 names at #2,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.