Recorded 1995–2017 Boys' name Peak 2000 48 births

Smit — boys' name

48 babies named Smit in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s62000s302010s12
2000s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Smit was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

8 babies were named Smit in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Smit

The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Smit between 1995 and 2017, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Smit currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Smit performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 30 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Smit shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Smit 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 48 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.

Smit at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

48

Since 1995

23 years of records

Peak year

2000

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1995

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2017

Smit popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1995

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2000)
8
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
456789 2017201020032002200120001995 6

Smit by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
30 births that decade — 63% of Smit's all-time total
1990s62000s302010s12

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Smit?
48 babies have been named Smit since 1995. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2000 with 8 births.
When was Smit most popular?
Smit was most popular in the 2000s decade with 30 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Smit been used?
Smit has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 23 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Smit?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Smith, Smiley, Smitty, Smithy. 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, 1995–2017 (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.