Akira
#983 for girls in 2025, 257 births · #2,539 for boys in 2025, 52 births
Given to girls 79.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2008 · 424 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,817since 1973
Akira 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 | #983 | 257 | #2,539 | 52 |
| 2024 | #952 | 274 | #2,502 | 54 |
| 2023 | #1,018 | 248 | #2,660 | 49 |
| 2022 | #1,259 | 190 | #2,830 | 45 |
| 2021 | #1,191 | 204 | #2,862 | 43 |
| 2020 | #1,152 | 205 | #2,689 | 46 |
| 2019 | #1,145 | 210 | #3,636 | 30 |
| 2018 | #1,135 | 215 | #2,708 | 45 |
| 2017 | #1,030 | 251 | #4,105 | 25 |
| 2016 | #1,012 | 261 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #1,026 | 260 | #3,299 | 34 |
| 2014 | #1,092 | 233 | #3,154 | 35 |
| 2013 | #1,080 | 229 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #958 | 265 | #3,807 | 27 |
| 2011 | #938 | 275 | #3,164 | 35 |
| 2010 | #835 | 322 | #3,239 | 34 |
| 2009 | #819 | 345 | #3,399 | 32 |
| 2008 | #707 | 424 | #3,646 | 29 |
| 2007 | #845 | 336 | #3,188 | 35 |
| 2006 | #970 | 270 | #2,979 | 37 |
| 2005 | #1,042 | 229 | #3,447 | 28 |
| 2004 | #1,144 | 199 | #2,452 | 45 |
| 2003 | #1,057 | 213 | #2,470 | 42 |
| 2002 | #923 | 242 | #2,295 | 45 |
| 2001 | #1,056 | 202 | #2,562 | 37 |
| 2000 | #1,203 | 165 | #2,525 | 37 |
| 1999 | #1,108 | 179 | #2,263 | 40 |
| 1998 | #1,065 | 183 | #2,199 | 41 |
| 1997 | #1,242 | 143 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #1,656 | 92 | #2,441 | 32 |
| 1995 | #1,761 | 82 | #3,020 | 23 |
| 1994 | #2,353 | 55 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #2,012 | 69 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #2,239 | 59 | #3,105 | 21 |
| 1991 | #2,620 | 46 | #4,476 | 12 |
| 1990 | #2,523 | 47 | #3,467 | 17 |
| 1989 | #3,402 | 30 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #2,852 | 34 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #2,420 | 41 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #3,084 | 29 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #2,022 | 50 | #2,493 | 19 |
| 1982 | #2,770 | 33 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | — | |
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| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,836 | 7 | |
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| 1967 | — | #3,966 | 5 | |
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| 1964 | — | #4,039 | 5 | |
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| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
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| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,361 | 26 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,753 | 18 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,195 | 34 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,188 | 36 | |
| 1927 | — | #937 | 54 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,404 | 27 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,360 | 29 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,223 | 35 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,140 | 39 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,296 | 32 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,321 | 29 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,256 | 31 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Akira! It came in at #7,435, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1974, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Akira is popular in 2004
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#188 · 1 in 586
- Mississippi#351 · 1 in 1,465
- Alabama#452 · 1 in 2,152
- Michigan#636 · 1 in 4,020
- South Carolina#664 · 1 in 3,424
Best ever in a state: #148 in Mississippi, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #188 | 6 | 1 in 586 |
| Mississippi | #351 | 8 | 1 in 1,465 |
| Alabama | #452 | 9 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Michigan | #636 | 12 | 1 in 4,020 |
| South Carolina | #664 | 5 | 1 in 3,424 |
| North Carolina | #713 | 11 | 1 in 4,041 |
| Maryland | #807 | 5 | 1 in 4,902 |
| Virginia | #836 | 7 | 1 in 5,283 |
| Missouri | #854 | 5 | 1 in 5,677 |
| Pennsylvania | #906 | 8 | 1 in 6,929 |
| Arizona | #1,092 | 5 | 1 in 6,884 |
| Georgia | #1,109 | 7 | 1 in 7,218 |
| New York | #1,114 | 12 | 1 in 8,084 |
| Ohio | #1,164 | 6 | 1 in 9,587 |
| Illinois | #1,255 | 7 | 1 in 9,785 |
| Florida | #1,330 | 8 | 1 in 10,251 |
| California | #1,580 | 16 | 1 in 14,302 |
| Texas | #2,280 | 7 | 1 in 22,754 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Akira
- 31 spots since 2024 (#952 → #983)
- 169 spots since 2020 (#1,152 → #983)
- 43 spots since 2015 (#1,026 → #983)
- Biggest jump: 138 spots in 2008 (#845 → #707)
- Biggest drop: 134 spots in 2003 (#923 → #1,057)
- Debuted 1973
- Peaked 2008 at #707 (424 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2006–2012
- Highest: 1 in 4,460 girls born in 2008 were named Akira (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,254 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 33.6% of all girls named Akira (2,625) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1981, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50 | #4,459 (1978) | #6,029 |
| 1980s | 288 | #2,022 (1983) | #3,833 |
| 1990s | 955 | #1,065 (1998) | #1,858 |
| 2000s | 2,625 | #707 (2008) | #977 |
| 2010s | 2,521 | #835 (2010) | #1,025 |
| 2020s | 1,378 | #952 (2024) | #1,093 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Akira in 2004
Top girls' names in 2004
Top boys' names in 2004
More about 2004
girls
1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 9,227 of them was named Akira, which outranked 93.9% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,140Breonna200
- #1,140Danae200
- #1,140Nadine200
- #1,144Akira199
- #1,144Anabella199
- #1,144Audra199
- #1,144Kiya199
- #1,149Azaria198
- #1,149Kylah198
- #1,151Dina197
Tied with 4 names at #1,144; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 44,111 of them was named Akira, which outranked 81.5% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,419Tyshon46
- #2,419Wylie46
- #2,419Zamarion46
- #2,452Akira45
- #2,452Abdallah45
- #2,452Aleksandar45
- #2,452Alyssa45
- #2,489Abdullahi44
- #2,489Abran44
- #2,489Aleczander44
Tied with 36 names at #2,452; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.