Akari Boy & girl
How popular is Akari?
#542 boy name in 2025
554 baby boys were named Akari in the US in 2025, making it the 542nd most popular boy name. Another 104 girls got the name (#1,880 for girls).
Akari popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #542 for boys (▲ 1089 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 554 boys, 104 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+2816% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,888 in 2015, #2,322 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (554 boys) |
| Highest rank | #542 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 2002 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 61% boys, 39% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Akari counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Akari family of names ranked #486 for boys in 2025 (#1,248 the year before), with 610 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Akari | 554 | 91% |
| Acari | 13 | 2% |
| Ahkari | 26 | 4% |
| Akarri | 12 | 2% |
| Akarie | 5 | 1% |
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 Akari is most popular
Babies named Akari per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 0.4 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Alabama: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (58 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 boys)
- Maryland: 0.2 per 1,000 (25 boys)
Akari by decade
Boy names about as popular as Akari
Questions
- Is Akari a boy or girl name?
- Akari is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 61% of babies named Akari were boys and 39% were girls.
- How popular is the name Akari?
- 554 baby boys were named Akari in the US in 2025, making it the 542nd most popular boy name. Another 104 girls got the name (#1,880 for girls).
- When was Akari most popular?
- Akari peaked in 2025, when 554 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #542 in 2025.
- How many people are named Akari?
- 2,410 babies have been named Akari in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,400 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Akari most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Akari was most common in Mississippi, at 0.4 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.