Akai
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #9,616
- #1,753 for boys in 2025, 92 births
- Given to boys 93.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 102 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,010since 1975
Akai over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,753 | 92 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,133 | 69 | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #1,668 | 102 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #1,804 | 90 |
| 2021 | — | #2,060 | 71 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,139 | 65 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,228 | 62 | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #2,796 | 43 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #2,566 | 49 |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #3,684 | 29 |
| 2014 | — | #3,456 | 31 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,060 | 36 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,231 | 34 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | — | #3,919 | 26 | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | — | #5,661 | 15 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,675 | 19 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,522 | 10 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
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| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
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| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
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| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #6,523 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Akai! It came in at #4,309, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1976–1985, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Akai is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#846 · 1 in 5,807
- Georgia#1,096 · 1 in 7,174
- Florida#1,353 · 1 in 11,942
- California#2,203 · 1 in 29,246
- Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175
Best ever in a state: #846 in Pennsylvania, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #846 | 9 | 1 in 5,807 |
| Georgia | #1,096 | 7 | 1 in 7,174 |
| Florida | #1,353 | 8 | 1 in 11,942 |
| California | #2,203 | 6 | 1 in 29,246 |
| Texas | #2,285 | 6 | 1 in 29,175 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Akai
- 386 spots since 2020 (#2,139 → #1,753)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 2023 at #1,668 (102 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 16,770 boys born in 2023 were named Akai (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,566 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 48.4% of all boys named Akai (489) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 7 | #4,309 (1975) | #4,309 |
| 1980s | 12 | #5,332 (1986) | #5,928 |
| 1990s | 11 | #8,704 (1999) | #8,752 |
| 2000s | 132 | #3,919 (2009) | #5,912 |
| 2010s | 359 | #2,228 (2019) | #3,368 |
| 2020s | 489 | #1,668 (2023) | #1,926 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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