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.
66% of everyone ever named Aakarsh was born in this single decade.
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 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aakarsh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2002
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
58 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 8 births in a single year.
Aakarsh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 38 births that decade — 66% of Aakarsh's all-time total
Aakarsh decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Aakarsh's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 66% of all-time use.
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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.