Amrit
Masculine · “Sanskrit amrta”
Amrit is given to both — 582 boys and 421 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Amrita and ambrosia are the same word. Sanskrit a-mrta is not-dead; Greek a-mbrotos is not-mortal. Both are built from the negative prefix and the Indo-European root for dying, both name the food or drink that makes gods immortal, and neither language borrowed the idea from the other. Two mythologies inherited one word and one story.
How old is the name Amrit?
Amrit first appears in US birth records in 1979 — 46 years ago. The typical Amrit alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 600 people named Amrit are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Amrit most popular?
Amrit peaked in 1995, reaching #3559 nationally. Today it ranks #8243, 4,684 places below that high. See the whole 1995 chart.
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Where it comes from
From amrta to Amrit
The story of Amrit
The correspondence between amrta and ambrotos is one of the cleaner demonstrations of Indo-European inheritance, because it involves both the form and the story. The negative prefix is a- in both languages, from an original n-. The root for dying gives Sanskrit mrta, Greek brotos, Latin mortalis and English murder, the Greek b arising from a regular sound change in a cluster the language could not otherwise pronounce. And in both traditions the word names a substance that the gods consume and mortals do not, obtained in Greek myth from an unspecified source and in Indian myth from the churning of the cosmic ocean. Whether the story traveled or was inherited is argued over; the word was certainly inherited. The Sikh use is later and deliberate: Guru Gobind Singh gave the term to the initiation rite in 1699.
Meaning
Sanskrit amrta, immortal or the nectar of immortality
From Sanskrit a-, not, and mrta, dead, from the root mr, to die, which is the same root as Latin mors and English murder. Amrita is the nectar produced by the churning of the ocean in Hindu myth, the drink that makes the gods deathless. In Sikhism amrit is the sweetened water used in the initiation ceremony of the Khalsa, instituted in 1699. The name is used across Punjabi, Hindi and Nepali communities.
How the name formed
- amrta
- Amrit
Related forms: Amrit · Amrit · Amrita
Pronouncing Amrit
UM-rit
Two syllables, stress on the first, with the first vowel closer to the u of but than to the a of cat. The r is a single tap. English speakers usually say AM-rit with the vowel of cat, which is understood without difficulty.
Nicknames for Amrit
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1979
- Most boys named
- 200725 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3559reached in 1995
- Change vs 2024
- +80.0%9 in 2025, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Amrit in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Amrit in Hindi — transliteration
- Amrit in Punjabi — same name
- Amrita in Sanskrit — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Amrits among us
people named Amrit are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 189,786 born in 2025 was named Amrit
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Elieser test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Amrit's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Elieser climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Elieser's path sketches the road Amrit is walking now.
Amrit sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Amrit beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Amrit in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled, ancient and entirely positive.
- It is used across Hindu and Sikh traditions and for both sexes.
- Two syllables, short and easy to spell.
- The first vowel is not the English a of cat.
- Amrita is the feminine and is far more common in the United States.
- It is rare outside South Asian communities.
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Frequently asked
- How many Amrits are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Amrit are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Amrit in 2025?
- Amrit ranks #8243 among US boy names in 2025, with 9 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Amrit?
- About 1 in every 189,786 US boys born in 2025 was named Amrit — 9 in all.
- Will my child share the name Amrit with classmates?
- Amrit will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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