Aki
- Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592
- #5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Given to boys 60.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 382since 1971
Aki over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | #5,399 | 17 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,904 | 15 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,289 | 11 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #6,147 | 14 |
| 2021 | — | #5,562 | 16 | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #6,036 | 14 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #5,789 | 15 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #9,642 | 7 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 | #6,241 | 13 |
| 2012 | — | #8,158 | 9 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #9,019 | 8 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #6,904 | 11 |
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | #6,941 | 6 |
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| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | — | #4,907 | 7 | |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | — | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five boys were named Aki! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Aki 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
- California#1,687 · 1 in 19,497
Best ever in a state: #1,687 in California, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,687 | 9 | 1 in 19,497 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 505 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #5,399)
- 3,340 spots since 2020 (#8,739 → #5,399)
- 2,092 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #5,399)
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1974 at #3,837 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 100,475
- Highest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 were named Aki (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,837 in 1974, was only 1 in 196,542 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 27.2% of all boys named Aki (104) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
- Mostly girls until 2007, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 54 | #3,837 (1974) | #4,545 |
| 1980s | 38 | #4,907 (1983) | #5,675 |
| 1990s | 24 | #6,816 (1993) | #7,896 |
| 2000s | 81 | #6,013 (2001) | #8,616 |
| 2010s | 104 | #5,789 (2016) | #7,624 |
| 2020s | 81 | #5,399 (2025) | #6,507 |
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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