Akari
- #1,880 for girls in 2025, 104 births
- #542 for boys in 2025, 554 births
- Given to boys 53.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 554 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,278since 2002
Akari over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #1,880 | 104 | #542 | 554 |
| 2024 | #1,870 | 107 | #1,631 | 104 |
| 2023 | #1,813 | 111 | #1,608 | 108 |
| 2022 | #2,445 | 74 | #2,094 | 71 |
| 2021 | #2,715 | 63 | #2,499 | 53 |
| 2020 | #2,966 | 54 | #2,323 | 58 |
| 2019 | #3,665 | 41 | #2,582 | 50 |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 | #2,943 | 40 |
| 2017 | #4,066 | 36 | #3,378 | 33 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | #4,470 | 22 |
| 2015 | #4,981 | 27 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #3,585 | 43 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #3,778 | 40 | #3,753 | 27 |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 | #4,390 | 22 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #5,741 | 15 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #6,350 | 21 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
2002
The first year at least five boys were named Akari! It came in at #7,643, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2003–2006, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
Where Akari is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#157 · 1 in 542
- Louisiana#253 · 1 in 957
- Alabama#260 · 1 in 1,025
- Maryland#268 · 1 in 1,145
- South Carolina#311 · 1 in 1,247
Best ever in a state: #157 in Mississippi, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #157 | 20 | 1 in 542 |
| Louisiana | #253 | 20 | 1 in 957 |
| Alabama | #260 | 21 | 1 in 1,025 |
| Maryland | #268 | 20 | 1 in 1,145 |
| South Carolina | #311 | 17 | 1 in 1,247 |
| North Carolina | #330 | 35 | 1 in 1,471 |
| Georgia | #350 | 34 | 1 in 1,477 |
| Missouri | #368 | 17 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Pennsylvania | #387 | 27 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Ohio | #395 | 27 | 1 in 1,946 |
| Florida | #412 | 47 | 1 in 2,033 |
| Wisconsin | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,130 |
| Nevada | #443 | 6 | 1 in 1,882 |
| Iowa | #448 | 7 | 1 in 1,976 |
| Tennessee | #477 | 16 | 1 in 2,298 |
| New York | #502 | 32 | 1 in 2,638 |
| Virginia | #525 | 14 | 1 in 2,661 |
| Indiana | #545 | 12 | 1 in 2,639 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Minnesota | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,500 |
| New Jersey | #655 | 10 | 1 in 3,977 |
| Illinois | #677 | 13 | 1 in 3,812 |
| Michigan | #679 | 11 | 1 in 3,654 |
| Texas | #700 | 40 | 1 in 4,376 |
| Kentucky | #708 | 5 | 1 in 4,107 |
| Arizona | #720 | 8 | 1 in 4,090 |
| Colorado | #756 | 6 | 1 in 4,475 |
| Washington | #801 | 7 | 1 in 4,685 |
| California | #957 | 23 | 1 in 7,629 |
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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 Akari
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,781 spots since 2020 (#2,323 → #542)
- Biggest jump: 1,089 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 2002
- Peaked 2025 at #542 (554 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,083
- Highest: 1 in 3,083 boys born in 2025 were named Akari (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 74.2% of all boys named Akari (948) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 64 | #6,802 (2009) | #8,815 |
| 2010s | 266 | #2,582 (2019) | #4,223 |
| 2020s | 948 | #542 (2025) | #1,783 |
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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