How Many People Are Named Akbar?
people named Akbar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 601,733 people in the US has this name
Based on 597 babies named Akbar in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "greater, greatest" in Arabic. This was the name of a 16th-century Mughal ruler who expanded the empire to include most of India.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Akbar in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Akbar alive today is about 29 years old, and 51% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Akbar first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 1975, to 21 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Akbar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,134, in 1975. In 2025 it ranked #6,459.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,459 |
| Best rank | #2,134 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,879 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Akbar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Akbar were born in New York than in any other state: about 13 of those alive today.
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