Rohit — #9141 US boys' name
1,898 babies named Rohit in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 36% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Rohit was born in this single decade.
109 babies were named Rohit in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rohit
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,898 babies named Rohit between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rohit currently holds the #9141 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 109 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rohit performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 797 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rohit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 328 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Rohit in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rohit 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 1,898 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.
Rohit at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Rohit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2001)
- 109
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #9141 among boys.
1,898 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 109 births in a single year.
Rohit by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 797 births that decade — 42% of Rohit's all-time total
Rohit decade highlights
- Peak decade 797 births
- Runner-up 494 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rohit's strongest decade
797 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Rohit by state
Where Rohit concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 328 | 17.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 135 | 7.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 126 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 64 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 37 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 28 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 19 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Maryland | | 17 | 0.9% |
328 of 1,898 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 7.1% of nationwide
- New York 6.6% of nationwide
- Texas 3.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rohit appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1970–2024 (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.