MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ajit mean?
The negative prefix a changes jita, conquered, into ajita, unconquered. The word is a negative participle: a precedes jita, conquered.
Pronunciation
IAST: ajīta
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अजीत
Letter-by-letter: ajīta
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਅਜੀਤ
Conventional spelling
Bengali
অজিত
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଅଜିତ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अजित
Letter-by-letter: ajita
59,182 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ajit in Indian usage
404,064 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 7,871 records (1.9%).
- Recorded as male: 396,193 records (98.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,217 |
| 1930s | 4,140 |
| 1940s | 10,406 |
| 1950s | 17,065 |
| 1960s | 32,840 |
| 1970s | 67,498 |
| 1980s | 133,391 |
| 1990s | 137,314 |
| Other decades | 193 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 117,742 |
| Bihar | 104,648 |
| Jharkhand | 30,020 |
| Punjab | 26,409 |
| Kerala | 25,615 |
| Haryana | 25,500 |
| Rajasthan | 17,734 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 15,227 |
| Delhi | 9,131 |
| Assam | 8,225 |
| Tripura | 6,043 |
| Odisha | 5,053 |
| Uttarakhand | 3,944 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,618 |
| Goa | 958 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 891 |
| Maharashtra | 654 |
| Chandigarh | 637 |
| Meghalaya | 433 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 406 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 391 |
| Manipur | 198 |
| Puducherry | 183 |
| Nagaland | 103 |
| Other states | 301 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Ajit / M | 19 | 1,406 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Ajit ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Ajit; Table_6, C1415 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ajit; Table_6, C1415
- Wiktionary: अजीत ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: Ajit ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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