Ekta

Where Ekta comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit एकता (ekatā, “unity, oneness”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ekta
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Ekta through the years
  1. 1984
    First appearance
    #10,422 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Peak, #7,430
    11 babies named Ekta, the most in any year.
  3. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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.