Anakin

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #648 for boys in 2025, 427 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
2023 · 541 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,842
since 1995

Anakin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Anakin has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015boysat peak
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#13,2086#648427
2024—#590485
2023#13,4626#544541
2022#10,3839#606464
2021—#639431
2020#13,4536#702361
2019—#961222
2018#9,80610#827270
2017#14,1246#736323
2016#12,8767#776308
2015—#908237
2014—#959220
2013—#1,238143
2012—#1,328128
2011—#1,65691
2010—#1,574100
2009—#1,413119
2008—#1,571101
2007—#1,539102
2006—#1,350120
2005—#1,196133
2004—#1,85766
2003—#2,07754
2002—#1,69469
2001—#1,73366
2000—#1,33496
1999—#1,149114
1998—#3,01726
1997—#4,45114
1996—#7,9716
1995—#8,8685
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First appearance
1995

The first year at least five boys were named Anakin! It came in at #8,868, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1995–1996, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Anakin is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedMNIllinois: #980 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 8,299 boysILWisconsin: #601 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,888 boysWIMichigan: #1,077 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,553 boysMINew York: #1,241 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 11,427 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedORNevada: #391 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,941 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedIAIndiana: #790 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,025 boysINOhio: #650 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,638 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #627 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 4,715 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedNEMissouri: #732 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,266 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedDEArizona: #883 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,393 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedARTennessee: #628 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,060 boysTNNorth Carolina: #986 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 8,668 boysNCSouth Carolina: #529 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,073 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedMSAlabama: #618 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,864 boysALGeorgia: #909 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,868 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedHITexas: #1,363 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 15,673 boysTXFlorida: #801 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 6,147 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#391 · 1 in 1,941
  2. South Carolina#529 · 1 in 3,073
  3. Wisconsin#601 · 1 in 3,888
  4. Alabama#618 · 1 in 3,864
  5. California#627 · 1 in 4,715

Best ever in a state: #200 in Montana, 2021.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#39171 in 1,941
South Carolina#52971 in 3,073
Wisconsin#60171 in 3,888
Alabama#61861 in 3,864
California#627481 in 4,715
Tennessee#62891 in 4,060
Ohio#650131 in 4,638
Missouri#73261 in 5,266
Indiana#79061 in 6,025
Florida#801161 in 6,147
Arizona#88351 in 7,393
Georgia#90981 in 6,868
Illinois#98081 in 8,299
North Carolina#98661 in 8,668
Michigan#1,07751 in 9,553
New York#1,24191 in 11,427
Texas#1,363121 in 15,673
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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 Anakin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 58 spots since 2024 (#590 → #648)
  • 54 spots since 2020 (#702 → #648)
  • 260 spots since 2015 (#908 → #648)
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 2014 (#1,238 → #959)
  • Biggest drop: 134 spots in 2019 (#827 → #961)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1995
  • Peaked 2023 at #544 (541 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 2014–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,162
  • Highest: 1 in 3,162 boys born in 2023 were named Anakin (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,000 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 46.4% of all boys named Anakin (2,709) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s165#1,149 (1999)#5,091
2000s926#1,196 (2005)#1,576
2010s2,042#736 (2017)#1,096
2020s2,709#544 (2023)#622

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.

Anakin in 2015

boys
#908
237 births · 1 in 8,088 boys

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #908Anakin237
More about 2015

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 8,088 of them was named Anakin, which outranked 93.5% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anakin
  1. #904Dimitri240
  2. #906Immanuel239
  3. #907Mustafa238
  4. #908Anakin237
  5. #908Alvaro237
  6. #908Craig237
  7. #908Dominique237
  8. #913Eliseo236
  9. #913Santos236
  10. #915Jadon235

Tied with 4 names at #908; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →