# Ajit (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ajit/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 355 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 355 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 180, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अजीत (ajīta).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | 8,321 |
| 2010 | 12 | 6,707 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,137 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,152 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,684 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8,852 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,315 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,218 |
| 2019 | 9 | 8,236 |
| 2020 | 12 | 6,633 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,190 |
| 2022 | 13 | 6,488 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,889 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,475 |
| 2025 | 18 | 5,211 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## People named Ajit

- Ajit Pai, American attorney and former FCC chairman in the United States
- Ajit Jogi, 1st Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh (1946–2020)
- Ajit Agarkar, former Indian Cricketer
- Ajit Pawar, former Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (1959–2026)
- Claude Moraes, British politician and campaigner (born 1965)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.