Fun Facts About the Name Amit
- More than 3 thousand babies named Amit: U.S. records list 3,102 babies given the name Amit from 1880 through 2025. Even 202 girls received the name Amit - about 1 girl for every 14 boys.
What Does the Name Amit Mean?
Amit has two independent origins. In Sanskrit, amita (अमित) means "unmeasured," "boundless," or "infinite." It is built from the negative prefix a- plus mita, the past participle of the root mā-, "to measure," so the literal sense is "not measured." As a given name in South Asia, it keeps that literal meaning of limitlessness. In Hebrew, amit (עמית) is a word of Mishnaic Hebrew meaning "colleague," "comrade," or "friend" - a fellow member of a group - and it is often connected with am (עם), "people" or "nation," though that link is a proposed rather than certain derivation. The two names look alike when written in Latin letters but are not related.
Amit Name History & Origins
The Sanskrit word amita is used in Buddhist texts as an epithet of Amitābha, "Infinite Light," and Amitāyus, "Infinite Life," figures central to Mahayana Buddhism, and the same word appears in Hindu usage as a description of the boundless. The masculine given name Amit, written अमित in Devanagari, is used in India and Nepal and in the Indian diaspora, in languages including Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, and Gujarati.
The Hebrew name Amit comes from the Hebrew word for a colleague or friend and is used as a given name in Israel, where it is given to both boys and girls; it also appears as a surname. Hebrew Amit and Sanskrit Amit are separate names that happen to share a spelling in English.
How Popular is the Name Amit?
Amit recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1983. Its best rank was #743 in 1983.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | #11,703 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2016 | #12,990 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #16,601 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #17,073 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #11,248 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #13,562 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #17,497 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #10,130 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #14,034 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #9,331 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #10,759 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #11,379 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #11,186 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #8,231 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #5,716 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #11,461 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1997 | #12,181 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #7,610 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #11,856 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #11,856 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #8,763 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1992 | #8,095 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #9,372 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #8,364 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,296 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #5,894 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #10,889 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #6,844 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #5,575 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #8,109 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #5,558 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #5,113 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #4,599 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #5,326 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2015 | #5,520 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #3,789 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 2013 | #3,407 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2012 | #3,626 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #2,753 | 43 | 0.0023% |
| 2010 | #3,714 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 2009 | #3,167 | 36 | 0.0018% |
| 2008 | #3,565 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2007 | #2,474 | 51 | 0.0025% |
| 2006 | #2,579 | 46 | 0.0022% |
| 2005 | #2,266 | 52 | 0.0026% |
| 2004 | #2,243 | 51 | 0.0026% |
| 2003 | #2,394 | 44 | 0.0022% |
| 2002 | #2,253 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2001 | #1,913 | 57 | 0.0029% |
| 2000 | #1,928 | 54 | 0.0027% |
| 1999 | #2,163 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1998 | #1,900 | 51 | 0.0027% |
| 1997 | #1,890 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 1996 | #1,655 | 58 | 0.0031% |
| 1995 | #1,682 | 53 | 0.0028% |
| 1994 | #1,494 | 63 | 0.0033% |
| 1993 | #1,577 | 57 | 0.0029% |
| 1992 | #1,452 | 63 | 0.0032% |
| 1991 | #1,314 | 73 | 0.0036% |
| 1990 | #1,252 | 78 | 0.0038% |
| 1989 | #1,336 | 67 | 0.0033% |
| 1988 | #1,130 | 78 | 0.0041% |
| 1987 | #954 | 97 | 0.0052% |
| 1986 | #1,054 | 78 | 0.0042% |
| 1985 | #839 | 114 | 0.0062% |
| 1984 | #823 | 113 | 0.0063% |
| 1983 | #743 | 135 | 0.0075% |
| 1982 | #840 | 111 | 0.0061% |
| 1981 | #800 | 120 | 0.0067% |
| 1980 | #872 | 104 | 0.0058% |
| 1979 | #937 | 88 | 0.0051% |
| 1978 | #996 | 75 | 0.0046% |
| 1977 | #1,037 | 69 | 0.0042% |
| 1976 | #1,067 | 61 | 0.0039% |
| 1975 | #1,192 | 50 | 0.0032% |
| 1974 | #1,471 | 35 | 0.0022% |
| 1973 | #1,656 | 28 | 0.0018% |
| 1972 | #1,680 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 1971 | #2,055 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1970 | #1,618 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1969 | #3,322 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #2,448 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1967 | #2,991 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1965 | #3,543 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Amit Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
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