Recorded 1980–2014 Boys' name Peak 1982 75 births

Hitesh — boys' name

75 babies named Hitesh in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1980s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Hitesh was born in this single decade.

1982
Single peak year

8 babies were named Hitesh in 1982 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Hitesh

The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Hitesh between 1980 and 2014, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hitesh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Hitesh performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Hitesh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Hitesh 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 75 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.

Hitesh at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

75

Since 1980

35 years of records

Peak year

1982

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1980

Recorded for 35 years

Last year on file: 2014

Hitesh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1980

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (1982)
8
Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
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Hitesh by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
30 births that decade — 40% of Hitesh's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Hitesh?
75 babies have been named Hitesh since 1980. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 1982 with 8 births.
When was Hitesh most popular?
Hitesh was most popular in the 1980s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 1982.
How long has the name Hitesh been used?
Hitesh has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 35 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Hitesh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Hitoshi, Hiten. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.