Aking

#4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births

Peak · boys
2019 · 43 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
383
since 2007

Aking over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Aking has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #2,851, 2019boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#4,70721
2024#4,70121
2023#5,47017
2022#4,30324
2021#5,11018
2020#3,41832
2019#2,85143
2018#3,37333
2017#3,44032
2016#3,35833
2015#3,88227
2014#4,70220
2013#4,18023
2012#6,00114
2011#12,2875
2010#12,2315
2009#12,4915
2008#12,5535
2007#12,3675
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First appearance
2007

The first year at least five boys were named Aking! It came in at #12,367, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2007–2011, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Aking is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedMINew York: #1,581 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 15,957 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,021 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,360 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Aking, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#1,021 · 1 in 8,360
  2. New York#1,581 · 1 in 15,957

Best ever in a state: #759 in Wisconsin, 2016.

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See more about Aking
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #4,707)
  • 1,289 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #4,707)
  • 825 spots since 2015 (#3,882 → #4,707)
Rise & fade · boys
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2007
  • Peaked 2019 at #2,851 (43 births)
  • Births halved by 2021, 2 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 41,726
  • Highest: 1 in 41,726 boys born in 2019 were named Aking (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 81,337 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 61.4% of all boys named Aking (235) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s15#12,367 (2007)#12,470
2010s235#2,851 (2019)#5,631
2020s133#3,418 (2020)#4,618

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.

Aking in 2018

boys
#3,373
33 births · 1 in 55,035 boys

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #3,373Aking33
More about 2018

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 55,035 of them was named Aking, which outranked 76.1% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aking
  1. #3,301Whitten34
  2. #3,301Yan34
  3. #3,301Yanuel34
  4. #3,373Aking33
  5. #3,373Adalberto33
  6. #3,373Anish33
  7. #3,373Art33
  8. #3,446Abisai32
  9. #3,446Adonay32
  10. #3,446Aeden32

Tied with 72 names at #3,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →