Akira
Akira is ranked 955th among girls in 2024 (272 births). Its best rank was 707th, in 2008.
- Rank in 2024
- #955outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2720.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2008424 births
- Best rank
- #707in 2008
- Since 1973
- 9,523people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,555 girls have been named Akira in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2008, with 424 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2000s alone account for 35%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Akira is used for both sexes: 21% of its bearers are boys (1,968), most of them born around 1927.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2008, its biggest year
Akira was the 707th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2008 were Emma, Isabella, Emily, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2008.
Names that rose and fell with Akira
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sarahipeak 2005
- Mayapeak 2006
- Aliyapeak 2012
- Itzelpeak 2005
- Emelypeak 2008
- Sinaipeak 2023
- Samyrapeak 2007
- Kaleapeak 2004
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.