Akash Boy
How popular is Akash?
#4,395 boy name in 2025
23 baby boys were named Akash in the US in 2025, making it the 4395th most popular boy name.
Akash popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #4,395 for boys (▼ 704 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 23 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,683 in 2015, #2,924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2002 (117 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,189 in 2002 |
| First recorded | 1975 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Akash counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Akash family of names ranked #2,776 for boys in 2025 (#2,328 the year before), with 32 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Akash | 23 | 72% |
| Aakash | 9 | 28% |
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 Akash is most popular
Babies named Akash per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Akash by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 44 | #2,909 |
| 1980s | 157 | #2,463 |
| 1990s | 660 | #1,333 |
| 2000s | 874 | #1,189 |
| 2010s | 455 | #2,117 |
| 2020s | 186 | #2,924 |
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Questions
- Is Akash a boy or girl name?
- Akash is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Akash were boys.
- How popular is the name Akash?
- 23 baby boys were named Akash in the US in 2025, making it the 4395th most popular boy name.
- When was Akash most popular?
- Akash peaked in 2002, when 117 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,189 in 2002.
- How many people are named Akash?
- 2,376 babies have been named Akash in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,328 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 23.
- Where is Akash most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Akash was most common in California, at 0.0 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.