How Many People Are Named Anakin?
people named Anakin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 58,494 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,892 babies named Anakin in Social Security records from 1995 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
547 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a character (also known as Darth Vader) in the 'Star Wars' movie saga, created by George Lucas. Lucas may have based it on the surname of his friend and fellow director Ken Annakin.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Anakin, 0.9% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Anakin alive today is about 8 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Anakin first appears in the records in 1995 and was given most often in 2023, to 547 babies. In 2025, 433 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1995 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Anakin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #544, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #648.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #648 |
| Best rank | #544 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #614 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Anakin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Anakin were born in California than in any other state: about 921 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anakin was given 2 times as often in Nevada, 1.7 times in Kentucky and 1.7 times in Tennessee.
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