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Rohit

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
Unranked no births recorded
Births in 2025
0 1,898 since 1880
Typical age
24 years, median

Rohit popularity over time

Rohit rank by birth year, 1970–2024Rohit ranked #4,230 in 1970 and #8,987 in 2024. Its best rank in the period was #1,221, in 2001.#10,000#8,987best #1,221 in 2001197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1970–2024. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2001 is the peak year for Rohit, with 109 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1970. The name last cleared the reporting threshold in 2024.

Babies named Rohit per yearPeaks at 109 births in 2001.109 in 20010197019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Rohit?

About 1,800 people named Rohit are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 1,898 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Rohit?

Median age among living Rohits: 24. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Rohit a millennial-era name.

Your Rohit

Ages of living people named RohitHalf of living Rohits are older than 24 and half younger.median 2402040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where the name Rohit comes from

Transliteration of Hindi रोहित, Transliteration of Bengali রোহিত, etc.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Rohit

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Rohit Sharma Indian cricketer (Captain) 1987 38
Rohit Bal Indian fashion designer 1961–2024 9
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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