Is Amrit a boy or girl name?

Amrit is a unisex name. Of the 1,003 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 42.0% were girls and 58.0% were boys. It changed hands in 2017, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Amrit

Recorded 1979–2025 · United States

Amrit was most popular in 2003, when 41 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,847 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,003 people named Amrit.

Amrit over time

Births per year. The dot marks Amrit’s peak in 2003. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Amrit a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Amrit is a unisex name — 42.0% of the 1,003 Americans given it were girls and 58.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2017 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 44% girls and 56% 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 Amrit

Where Amrit is most concentrated

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

California 9.2×

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