How rare is the name Akshay?

4,051 people in the United States have the first name Akshay, about 1 in 74,557. It ranks #4,549 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AKSHAY

#4,549

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,051
About
1 in 74,557
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,051 people named Akshay, 94.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.4% as White and 1.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Akshay peaked in 2008, when 89 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19812025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
89
In 2025*
14 ▼84%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,808 babies have been given the name since 1981. 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.

Akshay by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #4,143. The largest share of babies named Akshay, 60.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#12,85165
1990s#4,676437
2000s#4,143736
2010s#6,061450
2020s#10,307120
Millennials 1981–9617.4%
Generation Z 1997–1260.4%
2013 and later22.2%

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.

Exactly as common as Akshay

1 other first name also has 4,051 people.

#4,549 Sandro · 4,051

Either side of Akshay

#4,547 Karri · 4,052#4,547 Philomena · 4,052#4,549 Sandro · 4,051#4,551 Winfred · 4,050

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Akshay, most common first.

#13,226 Akshaya · 919

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