NameTides

Akai

Akai was the #1,753 boys' name in the US in 2025 (92 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales.

Akai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Akai as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Akai as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#1,753 (92)#3,256 (6)
2024#2,133 (69)#4,271 (4)
2023#1,668 (102)—
2022#1,804 (90)#3,049 (6)
2021#2,060 (71)—
2020#2,139 (65)#4,608 (3)
2019#2,228 (62)#4,702 (3)
2018#2,796 (43)#4,749 (3)
2017#2,566 (49)—
2016#3,161 (36)—
2015#3,684 (29)#4,747 (3)
2014#3,456 (31)—
2013#3,060 (36)—
2012#3,231 (34)#4,805 (3)
2011#4,822 (19)#4,647 (3)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,668.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2023, 9% of US babies named Akai were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Akai is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 28,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Akai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: #1,353FL
Akai (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500