NameTides

Akira

Akira was the #983 girls' name in the US in 2025 (257 babies), and #1,229 in England & Wales and #882 in Canada.

Akira as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Akira as a girl’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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Akira as a girl’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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#983 (257)#1,229 (26)—#882 (32)
2024#952 (274)#1,603 (19)—#1,077 (24)
2023#1,018 (248)#941 (37)—#928 (28)
2022#1,259 (190)#1,282 (25)—#756 (36)
2021#1,191 (204)#1,069 (32)—#1,153 (22)
2020#1,152 (205)#1,238 (26)—#1,020 (25)
2019#1,145 (210)#1,316 (24)—#1,408 (17)
2018#1,135 (215)#1,234 (27)—#1,639 (13)
2017#1,030 (251)#1,021 (35)—#1,049 (24)
2016#1,012 (261)#916 (40)—#1,109 (23)
2015#1,026 (260)#760 (51)#566 (5)#1,115 (22)
2014#1,092 (233)#1,177 (29)—#1,035 (25)
2013#1,080 (229)#1,128 (31)#816 (3)#1,165 (21)
2012#958 (265)#1,720 (17)#815 (3)#1,695 (13)
2011#938 (275)#1,374 (22)—#1,244 (19)

Akira as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Akira 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Akira 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,539 (52)#2,664 (8)#1,718 (12)
2024#2,502 (54)#3,255 (6)#2,238 (8)
2023#2,660 (49)#3,113 (6)—
2022#2,830 (45)#2,756 (7)#2,229 (7)
2021#2,862 (43)#3,017 (6)—
2020#2,689 (46)#2,228 (9)—
2019#3,636 (30)#3,013 (6)#2,756 (5)
2018#2,708 (45)#2,112 (10)#1,983 (8)
2017#4,105 (25)#2,734 (7)—
2016#4,199 (24)#2,804 (7)#2,718 (5)
2015#3,299 (34)#2,319 (9)#2,715 (5)
2014#3,154 (35)#3,895 (4)#2,371 (6)
2013#4,064 (24)#2,216 (9)#1,771 (9)
2012#3,807 (27)#2,721 (7)#2,666 (5)
2011#3,164 (35)#3,830 (4)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #707.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.
  • In 2025, 83% of US babies named Akira were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,300 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 33,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Akira is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,400 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Akira by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: 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: #1,032INOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #731CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #780NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #546OKLouisiana: #597LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,117TXFlorida: #1,055FL
Akira (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#82314

Akira (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AkiraCanadaGirls#88232
AkiraCanadaBoys#1,71812
AkiraEngland & WalesGirls#1,22926
AkiraEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
AkiraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AkiraNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AkiraScotlandGirls—too few
AkiraUSGirls#983257
AkiraUSBoys#2,53952