Akon**
#14,402 most common boys' name of all time · #37,132 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 2006–2024 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#14,402
Rank overall
#37,132 of 105,966
First appeared
2006
Years on the list
17 of 146
All-time
124
Since 2016
47
Peak year
2008 #7,176
Best rank
#7,176 2008
Girls
Boys
peak 12/yr
Akon first appears in 2006. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,782 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,682 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,484 |
| 2021 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #11,666 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,243 |
| 2019 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,478 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #13,413 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #13,426 |
| 2012 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,897 |
| 2011 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,565 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,582 |
| 2009 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,917 |
| 2008 | — | 12 | 12 | #7,176 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,877 |
| 2006 | 5 | — | 5 | — |