Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ankit

#5,497 most common boys' name of all time · #13,642 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1978–2020

Rank among boys
#5,497
Rank overall
#13,642 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
799
Since 2016
28
Peak year
1998 #2,227
Best rank
#2,091 1986
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
198020002020

Ankit first appears in 1978. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2020 — 5 5 #12,534
2018 — 5 5 #12,662
2017 — 6 6 #11,231
2016 — 12 12 #6,883
2015 — 5 5 #12,576
2014 — 12 12 #6,812
2013 — 10 10 #7,766
2012 — 9 9 #8,416
2011 — 16 16 #5,538
2010 — 9 9 #8,378
2009 — 15 15 #5,923
2008 — 15 15 #5,915
2007 — 19 19 #4,892
2006 — 16 16 #5,403
2005 — 18 18 #4,728
2004 — 21 21 #4,212
2003 — 29 29 #3,240
2002 — 25 25 #3,510
2001 — 32 32 #2,915
2000 — 25 25 #3,379
1999 — 29 29 #2,923
1998 — 41 41 #2,227
1997 — 30 30 #2,664
1996 — 33 33 #2,430
1995 — 18 18 #3,652
1994 — 36 36 #2,254
1993 — 18 18 #3,621
1992 — 28 28 #2,594
1991 — 21 21 #3,084
1990 — 30 30 #2,362
1989 — 29 29 #2,353
1988 — 25 25 #2,436
1987 — 28 28 #2,165
1986 — 28 28 #2,091
1985 — 15 15 #3,204
1984 — 24 24 #2,230
1983 — 12 12 #3,614
1982 — 7 7 #5,522
1981 — 20 20 #2,495
1980 — 13 13 #3,426
1979 — 5 5 #6,874
1978 — 5 5 #6,598