How rare is the name Akash?

3,912 people in the United States have the first name Akash, about 1 in 77,206. It ranks #4,670 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AKASH

#4,670

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,912
About
1 in 77,206
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,912 people named Akash, 90.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.6% as White and 3.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Akash peaked in 2002, when 117 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
117
In 2025*
23 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,376 babies have been given the name since 1975. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Akash by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #3,557. The largest share of babies named Akash, 53%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#12,66444
1980s#7,473157
1990s#3,557660
2000s#3,655874
2010s#6,026455
2020s#7,745186
Generation X 1965–802.3%
Millennials 1981–9624.1%
Generation Z 1997–1253%
2013 and later20.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Akash is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Akash has been most common in New Jersey (6×), California (3.8×), and New York (2.2×), and least common in Texas (1.4×).

1,160 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Akash

#4,668 Klara · 3,916#4,669 Trevin · 3,913#4,671 Evonne · 3,910#4,671 Yulia · 3,910

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Akash, most common first.

#11,533 Akasha · 1,106#40,999 Akaash · 180

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