Aakash — #6570 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Aakash

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,040 babies named Aakash between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aakash currently holds the #6570 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aakash performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 348 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Aakash shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 151 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Aakash in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aakash 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 1,040 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.