How rare is the name Amit?

11,285 people in the United States have the first name Amit, about 1 in 26,764. It ranks #2,294 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AMIT

#2,294

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,285
About
1 in 26,764
This common or more
79.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,285 people named Amit, 86.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 10.3% as White and 1.1% as two or more races. 97.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Amit peaked in 1983, when 135 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19652025
Peak year
1983
Births that year
135
In 2025*
9 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,101 babies have been given the name since 1965. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Amit by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,155. The largest share of babies named Amit, 45.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#10,40434
1970s#3,051480
1980s#2,1551,024
1990s#3,581651
2000s#4,999558
2010s#8,249287
2020s#15,07867
Generation X 1965–8019.9%
Millennials 1981–9645.6%
Generation Z 1997–1226.9%
2013 and later7.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Amit is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Amit has been most common in New Jersey (4.9×), New York (4.2×), and California (3.1×), and least common in Texas (0.74×).

1,653 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Amit

1 other first name also has 11,285 people.

#2,294 Ronny · 11,285

Either side of Amit

#2,292 Annabel · 11,292#2,293 Barb · 11,289#2,294 Ronny · 11,285#2,296 Carlene · 11,283

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Amit, most common first.

#7,742 Amita · 1,939#8,394 Amity · 1,728#30,168 Amith · 290#32,261 Amid · 262#50,823 Amet · 117

Also a last name

As a last name, Amit ranks #76,719 of 156,621, with 270 people. See Amit as a last name

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