Baljit
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Baljit is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 35K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 41K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 44K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 197 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.3K (inferred from the name graph)
1,798 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Bahrain, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Baljit counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 1,798 | 1 in 185K | 1.1K | Baljit | 197 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 44K | — | Baljit | 122 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈950 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Baljit | 31 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈920 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Baljit | 95 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈850 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Baljit | 23 |
| BH Bahrain | #465 | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 9.3K | — | Baljit | 4 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Baljit | 5 |
| QA Qatar | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Baljit | 4 |
1,798 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Baljit is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A male given name of Indian origin.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Bal Gosalb. 1960CAnot in their usual nameCanadian politician
- Baljit Singhb. 1977DKDanish cricketer
- Dr Zeusb. 1986GBnot in their usual namePunjabi singer and music producer
- Baljit Sahnib. 1987INIndian football player
- Baljit Singh Jalal UsmaINPolitician from Punjab, India
- Baljit KaurNZNew Zealand Labour Party candidate in the 2020 election
- Baljit KaurINIndian politician
- Baljit BawaCACanadian politician
- Baljit K SidhuAUresearcher ORCID ID = 0000-0003-0303-361X
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 24 sources across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Baljit a male or female name?
- Baljit is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Baljit have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Baljit, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled baljit.
- How common is the name Baljit?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,798 people named Baljit in 2020, about 1 in 185 thousand residents.
- How common is Baljit compared with other names?
- In Bahrain, Baljit is the 465th most common given name of 6,583 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/baljitThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Baljit” — the 465th most common given name in Bahrain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.