Akira**
#1,653 most common girls' name of all time · #2,843 across all names · 21% boys / 79% girls · used 1913–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,653
Rank overall
#2,843 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
9,837
Since 2016
2,728
Peak year
2008 #707
Best rank
#707 2008
Girls
Boys
peak 453/yr
Akira first appears in 1913. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 257 | 52 | 309 | #983 |
| 2024 | 274 | 54 | 328 | #954 |
| 2023 | 248 | 49 | 297 | #1,019 |
| 2022 | 190 | 45 | 235 | #1,261 |
| 2021 | 204 | 43 | 247 | #1,191 |
| 2020 | 205 | 46 | 251 | #1,154 |
| 2019 | 210 | 30 | 240 | #1,146 |
| 2018 | 215 | 45 | 260 | #1,136 |
| 2017 | 251 | 25 | 276 | #1,031 |
| 2016 | 261 | 24 | 285 | #1,015 |
| 2015 | 260 | 34 | 294 | #1,027 |
| 2014 | 233 | 35 | 268 | #1,095 |
| 2013 | 229 | 24 | 253 | #1,080 |
| 2012 | 265 | 27 | 292 | #960 |
| 2011 | 275 | 35 | 310 | #939 |
| 2010 | 322 | 34 | 356 | #835 |
| 2009 | 345 | 32 | 377 | #819 |
| 2008 | 424 | 29 | 453 | #707 |
| 2007 | 336 | 35 | 371 | #845 |
| 2006 | 270 | 37 | 307 | #971 |
| 2005 | 229 | 28 | 257 | #1,043 |
| 2004 | 199 | 45 | 244 | #1,146 |
| 2003 | 213 | 42 | 255 | #1,058 |
| 2002 | 242 | 45 | 287 | #925 |
| 2001 | 202 | 37 | 239 | #1,056 |
| 2000 | 165 | 37 | 202 | #1,204 |
| 1999 | 179 | 40 | 219 | #1,109 |
| 1998 | 183 | 41 | 224 | #1,066 |
| 1997 | 143 | 27 | 170 | #1,244 |
| 1996 | 92 | 32 | 124 | #1,659 |
| 1995 | 82 | 23 | 105 | #1,764 |
| 1994 | 55 | 18 | 73 | #2,359 |
| 1993 | 69 | 11 | 80 | #2,016 |
| 1992 | 59 | 21 | 80 | #2,247 |
| 1991 | 46 | 12 | 58 | #2,625 |
| 1990 | 47 | 17 | 64 | #2,535 |
| 1989 | 30 | 28 | 58 | #3,421 |
| 1988 | 22 | 11 | 33 | #4,043 |
| 1987 | 34 | 19 | 53 | #2,869 |
| 1986 | 41 | 19 | 60 | #2,430 |
| 1985 | 29 | 18 | 47 | #3,104 |
| 1984 | 32 | 13 | 45 | #2,803 |
| 1983 | 50 | 19 | 69 | #2,028 |
| 1982 | 33 | 13 | 46 | #2,785 |
| 1981 | 11 | 14 | 25 | #5,960 |
| 1980 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #9,247 |
| 1979 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #5,490 |
| 1978 | 15 | 7 | 22 | #4,497 |
| 1977 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #6,419 |
| 1975 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #6,596 |
| 1974 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1973 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,570 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1939 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1936 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1934 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1932 | — | 17 | 17 | — |
| 1931 | — | 26 | 26 | — |
| 1930 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1929 | — | 34 | 34 | — |
| 1928 | — | 36 | 36 | — |
| 1927 | — | 54 | 54 | — |
| 1926 | — | 27 | 27 | — |
| 1925 | — | 29 | 29 | — |
| 1924 | — | 35 | 35 | — |
| 1923 | — | 36 | 36 | — |
| 1922 | — | 39 | 39 | — |
| 1921 | — | 32 | 32 | — |
| 1920 | — | 20 | 20 | — |
| 1919 | — | 29 | 29 | — |
| 1918 | — | 31 | 31 | — |
| 1917 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1916 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1915 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1914 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1913 | — | 8 | 8 | — |