How Many People Are Named Akemi?
people named Akemi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 373,944 people in the US has this name
Based on 932 babies named Akemi in Social Security records from 1944 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
49 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese 明 (ake) meaning "bright" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Akemi, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Akemi alive today is about 19 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 26 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Akemi first appears in the records in 1944 and was given most often in 2011, to 49 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1944 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Akemi has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,268, in 2013. In 2025 it ranked #5,560.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,560 |
| Best rank | #3,268 (2013) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,301 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Akemi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Akemi were born in California than in any other state: about 207 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Akemi was given about 6.2 times as often in California.
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