Aniket — #12980 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Aniket

The Social Security Administration has registered 331 babies named Aniket between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aniket currently holds the #12980 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aniket performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 171 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aniket shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 57 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Aniket in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aniket in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 331 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.