# Rohit (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rohit/  
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 | 1,898 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,898 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 364, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi रोहित (rohit), Bengali রোহিত (rōhito), etc.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 64 | 2,139 |
| 2009 | 48 | 2,617 |
| 2010 | 27 | 3,877 |
| 2011 | 32 | 3,415 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,513 |
| 2013 | 30 | 3,563 |
| 2014 | 23 | 4,368 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,939 |
| 2016 | 15 | 5,990 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7,018 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,888 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,537 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,733 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,521 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,690 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 13 | 1,456 |
| 2006 | 25 | 939 |
| 2007 | 15 | 1,440 |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,457 |
| 2009 | 15 | 1,494 |
| 2010 | 13 | 1,724 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,458 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## 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.