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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202020boysat 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 2020

  • 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: #848 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,528 boysWAIdaho: 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: #1,161 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 9,107 boysILWisconsin: #519 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,660 boysWIMichigan: #746 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,746 boysMINew York: #1,199 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,739 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: #494 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,373 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: #816 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,411 boysINOhio: #1,000 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,784 boysOHPennsylvania: #884 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,749 boysPANew Jersey: #874 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,553 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #497 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 2,963 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedUTColorado: #793 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,020 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedNEMissouri: #336 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,500 boysMOKentucky: #395 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,785 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedVAMaryland: #810 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,013 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedDEArizona: #557 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,906 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: #599 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,407 boysTNNorth Carolina: #667 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 4,079 boysNCSouth Carolina: #618 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,334 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #609 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,957 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedMSAlabama: #426 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,979 boysALGeorgia: #1,032 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,182 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Anakin, so not publishedHITexas: #547 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 3,255 boysTXFlorida: #603 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 3,759 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Missouri#336 · 1 in 1,500
  2. Kentucky#395 · 1 in 1,785
  3. Alabama#426 · 1 in 1,979
  4. Nevada#494 · 1 in 2,373
  5. California#497 · 1 in 2,963

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Missouri#336191 in 1,500
Kentucky#395111 in 1,785
Alabama#426111 in 1,979
Nevada#49451 in 2,373
California#497641 in 2,963
Wisconsin#51991 in 2,660
Texas#547521 in 3,255
Arizona#557111 in 2,906
Tennessee#599101 in 3,407
Florida#603241 in 3,759
Oklahoma#60961 in 2,957
South Carolina#61861 in 3,334
North Carolina#667121 in 4,079
Michigan#74691 in 4,746
Colorado#79351 in 5,020
Maryland#81051 in 5,013
Indiana#81661 in 5,411
Washington#84861 in 5,528
New Jersey#87461 in 6,553
Pennsylvania#88481 in 6,749
Ohio#1,00071 in 7,784
Georgia#1,03271 in 7,182
Illinois#1,16161 in 9,107
New York#1,19991 in 9,739
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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 2020

girls
#13,453
6 births · 1 in 269,425 girls
boys
#702
361 births · 1 in 4,781 boys

Top girls' names in 2020

  1. #1Olivia17,691
  2. #2Emma15,723
  3. #3Ava13,201
  4. #4Sophia13,105
  5. #5Charlotte13,100
  6. #6Amelia12,802
  7. #7Isabella12,226
  8. #8Mia11,269
  9. #9Evelyn9,517
  10. #10Harper8,849
  11. #13,453Anakin6

Top boys' names in 2020

  1. #1Liam19,865
  2. #2Noah18,464
  3. #3Oliver14,277
  4. #4Elijah13,238
  5. #5William12,676
  6. #6James12,390
  7. #7Benjamin12,264
  8. #8Lucas11,386
  9. #9Henry10,793
  10. #10Alexander10,268
  11. #702Anakin361
More about 2020

girls

1,616,549 girls got a published name in 2020; 1 in 269,425 of them was named Anakin, which outranked 23.2% of the 17,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anakin
  1. #12,142Zura7
  2. #12,142Zurina7
  3. #12,142Zurisadai7
  4. #13,453Anakin6
  5. #13,453Aadhyasri6
  6. #13,453Aala6
  7. #13,453Aaleigha6
  8. #15,088Aabha5
  9. #15,088Aafia5
  10. #15,088Aahlani5

Tied with 1,634 names at #13,453; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,492Avayah#2,428 → #936
  2. ↑ 950Denisse#1,802 → #852
  3. ↑ 818Jianna#1,668 → #850
  4. ↑ 609Capri#1,291 → #682
  5. ↑ 550Rosalia#1,287 → #737
Fallers
  1. ↓ 393Yaritza#813 → #1,206
  2. ↓ 271Seraphina#1,000 → #1,271
  3. ↓ 207Marissa#874 → #1,081
  4. ↓ 203Annabella#644 → #847
  5. ↓ 195Jayde#832 → #1,027

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

boys

1,726,076 boys got a published name in 2020; 1 in 4,781 of them was named Anakin, which outranked 95.0% of the 14,060 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anakin
  1. #698Miller365
  2. #700Amias363
  3. #701Salvador362
  4. #702Anakin361
  5. #702Curtis361
  6. #702Tadeo361
  7. #705Lachlan358
  8. #706Jefferson357
  9. #707Krew355

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2019
Risers
  1. ↑ 587Zyair#1,548 → #961
  2. ↑ 567Jaxtyn#1,152 → #585
  3. ↑ 539Jakobe#1,372 → #833
  4. ↑ 473Kylo#922 → #449
  5. ↑ 461Ander#1,085 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Vivaan#875 → #1,255
  2. ↓ 282Alexzander#890 → #1,172
  3. ↓ 268Reyansh#806 → #1,074
  4. ↓ 266Javion#949 → #1,215
  5. ↓ 224Kenny#862 → #1,086

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

See the top 100 for 2020 →