NameTides

Akshara

Akshara was the #2,607 girls' name in the US in 2025 (66 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Akshara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Akshara as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Akshara as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,607 (66)#1,719 (17)#1,577 (15)
2024#2,347 (78)#1,743 (17)#1,949 (11)
2023#2,555 (69)#2,346 (11)#1,419 (16)
2022#2,253 (83)#1,849 (15)#1,854 (11)
2021#1,871 (106)#1,866 (15)#1,454 (16)
2020#2,034 (91)#2,300 (11)#1,557 (14)
2019#1,745 (118)#2,170 (12)#1,342 (18)
2018#1,461 (150)#2,340 (11)#1,301 (18)
2017#1,636 (132)#1,568 (20)#979 (27)
2016#1,541 (146)#1,749 (17)#1,906 (11)
2015#1,609 (133)#1,549 (20)#1,584 (14)
2014#1,781 (115)#1,798 (16)#1,786 (12)
2013#1,737 (119)#2,460 (10)#1,432 (16)
2012#1,859 (108)#2,095 (13)#1,695 (13)
2011#2,026 (96)#1,225 (26)#1,761 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #1,461.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 24,000 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 24,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Akshara is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 27,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 22,000 to 1 in 34,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Akshara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: 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: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: 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: #2,210TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Akshara (girls) 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
AksharaCanadaGirls#1,57715
AksharaEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
AksharaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AksharaUSGirls#2,60766