NameTides

Anakin

Anakin was the #648 boys' name in the US in 2025 (427 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Anakin as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Anakin 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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Anakin 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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#648 (427)#1,897 (13)#1,311 (18)
2024#590 (485)#1,595 (16)#1,205 (19)
2023#544 (541)#1,461 (17)#1,115 (20)
2022#606 (464)#1,268 (21)#876 (28)
2021#639 (431)#2,301 (9)#853 (29)
2020#702 (361)#2,404 (8)#878 (27)
2019#961 (222)#3,411 (5)#1,205 (17)
2018#827 (270)#2,112 (10)#1,021 (21)
2017#736 (323)#2,172 (10)#1,038 (21)
2016#776 (308)#1,903 (12)#1,026 (21)
2015#908 (237)#2,319 (9)#1,681 (10)
2014#959 (220)#2,690 (7)#1,381 (13)
2013#1,238 (143)#3,822 (4)#1,771 (9)
2012#1,328 (128)#3,987 (4)#1,033 (20)
2011#1,656 (91)#2,892 (6)#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #544.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 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 4,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Anakin is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 4,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anakin by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #715MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #529ORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #448IAIndiana: #773INOhio: #455OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #415CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #971VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #842TNNorth Carolina: #621NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #775LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #485TXFlorida: #846FL
Anakin (boys) 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#1,5176

Anakin (boys): 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
AnakinCanadaGirls—too few
AnakinCanadaBoys#1,31118
AnakinEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
AnakinNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AnakinUSGirls#13,2086
AnakinUSBoys#648427