Is Amit a boy or girl name?

Amit is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 3,101 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 6.5% were girls and 93.5% were boys.

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Amit

Recorded 1965–2025 · United States

Amit was most popular in 1983, when 135 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,731 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,101 people named Amit.

Amit over time

Births per year. The dot marks Amit’s peak in 1983. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Amit a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Amit is mostly a boy’s name — 6.5% of the 3,101 Americans given it were girls and 93.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 10% girls and 90% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Amit

Where Amit is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org