Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Akash

#2,836 most common boys' name of all time · #6,828 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#2,836
Rank overall
#6,828 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
2,376
Since 2016
357
Peak year
2002 #1,198
Best rank
#1,198 2002
Girls Boys peak 117/yr
198020002020

Akash first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 23 23 #4,455
2024 — 30 30 #3,734
2023 — 35 35 #3,380
2022 — 32 32 #3,575
2021 — 26 26 #4,050
2020 — 40 40 #2,953
2019 — 50 50 #2,600
2018 — 36 36 #3,201
2017 — 49 49 #2,581
2016 — 36 36 #3,194
2015 — 45 45 #2,706
2014 — 37 37 #3,063
2013 — 51 51 #2,445
2012 — 47 47 #2,615
2011 — 41 41 #2,882
2010 — 63 63 #2,130
2009 — 67 67 #2,064
2008 — 70 70 #2,016
2007 — 72 72 #1,964
2006 — 80 80 #1,751
2005 — 80 80 #1,684
2004 — 115 115 #1,300
2003 — 115 115 #1,260
2002 — 117 117 #1,198
2001 — 87 87 #1,437
2000 — 71 71 #1,649
1999 — 83 83 #1,418
1998 — 75 75 #1,484
1997 — 76 76 #1,431
1996 — 61 61 #1,612
1995 — 77 77 #1,351
1994 — 57 57 #1,630
1993 — 58 58 #1,571
1992 — 66 66 #1,412
1991 — 69 69 #1,366
1990 — 38 38 #2,006
1989 — 26 26 #2,535
1988 — 21 21 #2,750
1987 — 22 22 #2,551
1986 — 17 17 #2,985
1985 — 17 17 #2,929
1984 — 17 17 #2,815
1983 — 9 9 #4,438
1982 — 7 7 #5,455
1981 — 11 11 #3,825
1980 — 10 10 #4,092
1979 — 9 9 #4,346
1978 — 6 6 #5,608
1977 — 14 14 #3,030
1976 — 8 8 #4,392
1975 — 7 7 #4,758