Akai — #2136 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Akai

The Social Security Administration has registered 918 babies named Akai between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Akai currently holds the #2136 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 102 babies received it in a single year. Akai is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 68 additional births since 1985.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akai performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 397 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Akai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Akai in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akai 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 918 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.