Girls' name · since 1979
Akane
358 babies named Akane in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,459 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,033 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 358
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
358 babies have been named Akane since 1979, making it today's #8033 girls' name.
Akane has 358 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8033 as of the latest data, more common than 54% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #14,459 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,033 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 358 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akane ranks #14,459 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,033 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 358 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,459 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,033 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 358
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Akane's 358 recorded births place it above 79.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Akane compares
358 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Akane's all-time total is 5% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Akane | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 358 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Akane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Akane splits its recorded history at 2006: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Akane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Akane by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (96 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Akane's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Akane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 23
1980s
23 births
- 1990s
1990s
83 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 96 births (27% of all-time use).
Akane by state
Where Akane concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 5.9% |
21 of 358 births nationwide.
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What to do with Akane's data
- Akane's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (96 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Akanes (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Akane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Akane draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.