NameTides

Akash

Akash was the #4,396 boys' name in the US in 2025 (23 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales.

Akash as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Akash as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Akash as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#4,396 (23)#4,275 (4)——
2024#3,693 (30)———
2023#3,347 (35)#3,524 (5)—#2,921 (5)
2022#3,533 (32)#4,790 (3)—#2,229 (7)
2021#4,011 (26)#2,125 (10)—#2,260 (7)
2020#2,925 (40)#2,960 (6)—#1,708 (10)
2019#2,582 (50)#3,013 (6)—#1,737 (10)
2018#3,171 (36)#2,445 (8)——
2017#2,566 (49)#2,324 (9)—#2,762 (5)
2016#3,161 (36)#3,079 (6)—#1,423 (13)
2015#2,684 (45)#2,150 (10)—#1,681 (10)
2014#3,038 (37)#1,819 (12)—#1,381 (13)
2013#2,424 (51)#2,216 (9)—#1,654 (10)
2012#2,594 (47)#2,721 (7)—#1,466 (12)
2011#2,852 (41)#1,788 (12)—#1,399 (13)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2002 at #1,191.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 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 77,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Akash is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 68,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 47,000 to 1 in 96,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Akash 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: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Akash (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AkashCanadaBoys—too few
AkashEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
AkashNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AkashScotlandBoys—too few
AkashUSBoys#4,39623