Recorded 2001–2016 Girls' name Peak 2001 10 births

Aakanksha — girls' name

10 babies named Aakanksha in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s52010s5
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Aakanksha was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

5 babies were named Aakanksha in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aakanksha

The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Aakanksha between 2001 and 2016, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aakanksha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aakanksha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aakanksha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aakanksha in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Aakanksha at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

10

Since 2001

16 years of records

Peak year

2001

5 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2001

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2016

Aakanksha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2001

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2001)
5
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
5 20162001 5

Aakanksha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
5 births that decade — 50% of Aakanksha's all-time total
2000s52010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aakanksha?
10 babies have been named Aakanksha since 2001. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2001 with 5 births.
When was Aakanksha most popular?
Aakanksha was most popular in the 2000s decade with 5 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
How long has the name Aakanksha been used?
Aakanksha has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 16 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Aakanksha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aakriti, Aakifah, Aakilah, Aakira, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.