Ankit Popularity by Year

Follow Ankit across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Ankit birth-count history

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Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2020	Boys	5	#12,022	Up 134 places
2018	Boys	5	#12,156	Down 1,381 places
2017	Boys	6	#10,775	Down 4,049 places
2016	Boys	12	#6,726	Up 5,360 places
2015	Boys	5	#12,086	Down 5,454 places
2014	Boys	12	#6,632	Up 905 places
2013	Boys	10	#7,537	Up 621 places
2012	Boys	9	#8,158	Down 2,725 places
2011	Boys	16	#5,433	Up 2,706 places
2010	Boys	9	#8,139	Down 2,339 places
2009	Boys	15	#5,800	Down 33 places
2008	Boys	15	#5,767	Down 959 places
2007	Boys	19	#4,808	Up 495 places
2006	Boys	16	#5,303	Down 672 places
2005	Boys	18	#4,631	Down 502 places
2004	Boys	21	#4,129	Down 943 places
2003	Boys	29	#3,186	Up 264 places
2002	Boys	25	#3,450	Down 586 places
2001	Boys	32	#2,864	Up 435 places
2000	Boys	25	#3,299	Down 434 places
1999	Boys	29	#2,865	Down 666 places
1998	Boys	41	#2,199	Up 414 places
1997	Boys	30	#2,613	Down 233 places
1996	Boys	33	#2,380	Up 1,179 places
1995	Boys	18	#3,559	Down 1,340 places
1994	Boys	36	#2,219	Up 1,282 places
1993	Boys	18	#3,501	Down 969 places
1992	Boys	28	#2,532	Up 457 places
1991	Boys	21	#2,989	Down 681 places
1990	Boys	30	#2,308	Down 16 places
1989	Boys	29	#2,292	Up 75 places
1988	Boys	25	#2,367	Down 252 places
1987	Boys	28	#2,115	Down 58 places
1986	Boys	28	#2,057	Up 1,013 places
1985	Boys	15	#3,070	Down 911 places
1984	Boys	24	#2,159	Up 1,252 places
1983	Boys	12	#3,411	Up 1,592 places
1982	Boys	7	#5,003	Down 2,585 places
1981	Boys	20	#2,418	Up 838 places
1980	Boys	13	#3,256	Up 2,800 places
1979	Boys	5	#6,056	Down 284 places
1978	Boys	5	#5,772	—