How Many People Are Named Akira?
people named Akira are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,296 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,837 babies named Akira in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
453 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese ๆญ (akira) meaning "bright", ๆ (akira) meaning "bright" or ไบฎ (akira) meaning "clear". Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Akira, 84.5% were girls and 15.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Akira rose from 0% in the 1910s to 82.7% in the 2020s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Akira alive today is about 17 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 23 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Akira first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 2008, to 453 babies. In 2025, 309 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Akira has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #707, in 2008. In 2025 it ranked #983. Among boys, its best rank was #938, in 1927.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #983 | #2,539 |
| Best rank | #707 (2008) | #938 (1927) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #946 in the 2000s | #2,861 in the 2000s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Akira alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Akira were born in California than in any other state: about 1,074 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Akira was given 12.8 times as often in Hawaii, 1.9 times in Georgia and 1.8 times in Mississippi.
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