MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Aniket mean?
Aniket comes from Sanskrit aniketa, “without a dwelling”. In spiritual vocabulary the idea can describe freedom from attachment to a particular home or residence.
Pronunciation
IAST: aniketa
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अनिकेत
Letter-by-letter: aniketa
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Aniket in Indian usage
11,841 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 118 records (1%).
- Recorded as male: 11,723 records (99%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,666 |
| 1990s | 8,948 |
| Other decades | 227 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 4,166 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,623 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,253 |
| Jharkhand | 643 |
| Delhi | 466 |
| Goa | 449 |
| Rajasthan | 353 |
| Maharashtra | 238 |
| Haryana | 183 |
| Uttarakhand | 160 |
| Other states | 307 |
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 | Aniket / M | 3 | 5,137 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- 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 Aniket; Table_6, C5259 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Aniket; Table_6, C5259
- Monier-Williams, aniketa, p. 29,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.