| Ranbir | Aniket | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Brave in battle; warrior | Without a home (Shiva) |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | RUN-beer | uh-ni-KAYT |
| Syllables | 2 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2011 (24) | 2003 (29) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Ranbir | Aniket |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 31 | 16 |
| 2010s | 125 | 122 |
| 2000s | 29 | 171 |
| 1990s | 6 | 22 |
A Sanskrit/Hindi compound of rana (रण, 'battle') and vira (वीर, 'hero, brave one'), giving 'a warrior brave in battle'.
From Sanskrit aniketa (अनिकेत), 'homeless, having no fixed abode', used as an epithet of Shiva (who belongs everywhere and nowhere). The meaning carries an ascetic, all-encompassing sense rather than a negative one.
Ranbir and Aniket are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Ranbir means Brave in battle; warrior (sanskrit origin), while Aniket means Without a home (Shiva) (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Ranbir first appears in 0 and Aniket in 0, so Ranbir has the longer recorded history.