Arijit

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Arijit has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 2002. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2002, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Arijit, 2002

1 in 747,000

Arijit over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Arijit: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Sanskrit

What Arijit means

Arijit is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

An Indian name. It derives from a Sanskrit word.

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Origin, language, and formation

Arijit is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Arijit between 2002 and 2002. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2002; its best national rank was #10,791 in 2002.

How common is Arijit?

Arijit had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2002, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2002: 1 in 747,000; 5 of 3,737,275 births
Among boys only: 1 in 388,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2002: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 518,097 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Arijit sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2002 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 518,097 children born in 2002 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Arijit. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arijits were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Arijit was born before 2002 — so the typical Arijit is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Arijit rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2002 (5)
Years since peak: 23; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #10,791; 2002

Arijit by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,791; 2002
Peak year: 2002; 5 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2002
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Arijit

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ariyo Ariane Ariell Aritra Ariaan Ariann Ariyeh Arize Arise Ariyaan Ariella Aritz Arith Arieus Arison Aristos Ariat Arinjay Gurjit Amanjit Ekamjit Agamjit Ariano Arihan

Sibling names for Arijit

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iyana Lisbeth Vanesa Shakira Kaiya Shreya Delanie Magaly

For a brother

Dallin Zakary Keyon Kelton Donavan Jaylon Jaylin Destin

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