Akai Boy
How popular is Akai?
#1,753 boy name in 2025
92 baby boys were named Akai in the US in 2025, making it the 1753rd most popular boy name.
Akai popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,753 for boys (▲ 380 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 92 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+217% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,683 in 2015, #2,139 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (102 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,668 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1975 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 96% boys, 4% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Akai counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Akai family of names ranked #1,403 for boys in 2025 (#1,683 the year before), with 104 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Akai | 92 | 88% |
| Ahkai | 12 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Akai is most popular
Babies named Akai per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
Akai by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1980s | 12 | #5,327 |
| 1990s | 11 | #8,697 |
| 2000s | 132 | #3,917 |
| 2010s | 359 | #2,227 |
| 2020s | 489 | #1,668 |
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Questions
- Is Akai a boy or girl name?
- Akai is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Akai were boys.
- How popular is the name Akai?
- 92 baby boys were named Akai in the US in 2025, making it the 1753rd most popular boy name.
- When was Akai most popular?
- Akai peaked in 2023, when 102 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,668 in 2023.
- How many people are named Akai?
- 1,078 babies have been named Akai in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,070 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Akai most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Akai was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.