# Harshit (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/harshit/  
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 | “delighted”, “joyful”, “cheerful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 41 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 41 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit हर्षित (harṣita, “delighted, joyful, cheerful”).

## What it means

Harshit is grouped under joy.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 11,995 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,492 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,046 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,345 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,940 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,039 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,768 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: हर्षित

## 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.