Is Ankita a boy or girl name?

Ankita is a girl’s name. Of the 518 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Ankita

Recorded 1986–2019 · United States

Ankita was most popular in 2000, when 35 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,129 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 518 people named Ankita.

Ankita over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ankita’s peak in 2000. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ankita a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ankita is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 518 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 Ankita

Where Ankita is most concentrated

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

California 8.5×

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