Ankit

Where Ankit comes from

Borrowed from Hindi अंकित (aṅkit).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ankit
  • India
Along the way
  1. 1978
    First appearance
    #5,772 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1986
    Peak, #2,057
    28 babies named Ankit — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #8,139.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from India, of Indian usage.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.