Akhil

Akhil was the #5,608 boys' name in the US in 2025 (16 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Akhil as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Akhil as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Akhil as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#5,608 (16)#4,275 (4)#2,789 (6)
2024#5,443 (17)#5,120 (3)—
2023#5,470 (17)#4,992 (3)#2,614 (6)
2022#4,570 (22)#3,450 (5)#2,810 (5)
2021#3,582 (31)#4,789 (3)#2,812 (5)
2020#4,020 (25)#3,848 (4)#2,746 (5)
2019#3,636 (30)#2,488 (8)—
2018#2,708 (45)#4,749 (3)#2,740 (5)
2017#2,798 (43)#3,996 (4)—
2016#2,551 (49)——
2015#2,112 (66)#4,747 (3)—
2014#2,017 (70)#2,459 (8)—
2013#1,964 (70)#2,403 (8)—
2012#1,799 (82)#3,416 (5)—
2011#1,719 (86)#2,892 (6)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #1,621.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1984.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 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 110,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Akhil is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 140,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 110,000 to 1 in 180,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AkhilCanadaBoys#2,7896
AkhilEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
AkhilNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AkhilUSBoys#5,60816