Recorded 2002–2017 Boys' name Peak 2011 58 births

Aakarsh — boys' name

58 babies named Aakarsh in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s202010s38
2010s
Peak decade

66% of everyone ever named Aakarsh was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

8 babies were named Aakarsh in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aakarsh

The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Aakarsh between 2002 and 2017, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aakarsh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aakarsh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aakarsh shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aakarsh 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 58 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.

Aakarsh at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

58

Since 2002

16 years of records

Peak year

2011

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

2002

Recorded for 16 years

Last year on file: 2017

Aakarsh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2002

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2011)
8
Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
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Aakarsh by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
38 births that decade — 66% of Aakarsh's all-time total
2000s202010s38

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aakarsh?
58 babies have been named Aakarsh since 2002. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2011 with 8 births.
When was Aakarsh most popular?
Aakarsh was most popular in the 2010s decade with 38 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Aakarsh been used?
Aakarsh has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 16 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Aakarsh?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aakash, Aakil, Aakeem, Aakif. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2002–2017 (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.