How rare is the name Rohit?

6,522 people in the United States have the first name Rohit, about 1 in 46,310. It ranks #3,269 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ROHIT

#3,269

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,522
About
1 in 46,310
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,522 people named Rohit, 95.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.4% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rohit peaked in 2001, when 109 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702024
Peak year
2001
Births that year
109
In 2024
8 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,898 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Rohit by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,919. The largest share of babies named Rohit, 56.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#6,771138
1980s#5,788231
1990s#4,288494
2000s#3,919797
2010s#10,084216
2020s#26,00922
Generation X 1965–808.4%
Millennials 1981–9627.4%
Generation Z 1997–1256.3%
2013 and later7.8%

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.

Either side of Rohit

#3,267 Tan · 6,530#3,268 Enid · 6,529#3,270 Trung · 6,521#3,271 Starla · 6,520

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rohit, most common first.

#15,751 Rohith · 726

Also a last name

As a last name, Rohit ranks #100,469 of 156,621, with 192 people. See Rohit as a last name

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