How rare is the name Akira?

7,291 people in the United States have the first name Akira, about 1 in 41,425. It ranks #3,041 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AKIRA

#3,041

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,291
About
1 in 41,425
This common or more
81.5%
Who bears it

Of the 7,291 people named Akira, 39.2% reported their origin as Black, 23.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 14.4% as two or more races. 73.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Akira peaked in 2008, when 453 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
453
In 2025*
309 ▼32%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 9,837 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Akira by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,530. The largest share of babies named Akira, 46.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#3,716119
1920s#2,462342
1930s#4,258119
1960s#13,33215
1970s#8,101104
1980s#3,688448
1990s#2,3941,197
2000s#1,5302,992
2010s#1,7452,834
2020s#1,7791,667
Greatest Generation 1901–274%
Silent Generation 1928–451.9%
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–801.2%
Millennials 1981–9610.4%
Generation Z 1997–1246.4%
2013 and later36%

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 Akira is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Akira has been most common in Hawaii (9.4×), Georgia (2.2×), and California (2×), and least common in Minnesota (0.27×).

6,773 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 Akira

#3,039 Porfirio · 7,300#3,040 Refugio · 7,298#3,042 Latanya · 7,290#3,043 Kasen · 7,289

Spelled almost the same

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

#19,928 Akyra · 524#25,331 Akirah · 375#31,632 Akera · 270#36,519 Akeira · 217#39,388 Akiera · 192

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