Akira Girl
How popular is Akira?
#983 girl name in 2025
257 baby girls were named Akira in the US in 2025, making it the 983rd most popular girl name. Another 52 boys got the name (#2,539 for boys).
Akira popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #983 for girls (▼ 31 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 257 girls, 52 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,026 in 2015, #1,152 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (424 girls) |
| Highest rank | #707 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1973 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 15% boys, 85% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Akira counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Akira family of names ranked #845 for girls in 2025 (#808 the year before), with 273 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Akira | 257 | 94% |
| Akyra | 9 | 3% |
| Akirah | 7 | 3% |
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 Akira is most popular
Babies named Akira per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Arizona: 0.3 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- Nevada: 0.2 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Georgia: 0.2 per 1,000 (52 girls)
- Virginia: 0.2 per 1,000 (39 girls)
Akira by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 50 | #4,459 |
| 1980s | 288 | #2,021 |
| 1990s | 955 | #1,064 |
| 2000s | 2,625 | #707 |
| 2010s | 2,521 | #835 |
| 2020s | 1,378 | #952 |
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Questions
- Is Akira a boy or girl name?
- Akira is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 85% of babies named Akira were girls.
- How popular is the name Akira?
- 257 baby girls were named Akira in the US in 2025, making it the 983rd most popular girl name. Another 52 boys got the name (#2,539 for boys).
- When was Akira most popular?
- Akira peaked in 2008, when 424 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #707 in 2008.
- How many people are named Akira?
- 9,837 babies have been named Akira in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,186 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Akira most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Akira was most common in Washington, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls 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.