Boys' name · since 1980
Hitesh
Hitesh has 75 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,346 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Hitesh is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 75 have been recorded since 1980.
Hitesh has 75 recorded births among boys since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2014.
- #19,346 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 75 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hitesh ranks #19,346 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,346 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Hitesh's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Hitesh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hitesh's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hitesh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2014
- Peak year (1982)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Hitesh by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (30 births, 40% of the file).
1980s was Hitesh's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Hitesh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 30 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Hitesh's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 2010s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hitesh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1980–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Hitesh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.