Akane — #13868 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Akane

The Social Security Administration has registered 345 babies named Akane between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akane currently holds the #13868 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akane performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Akane shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Akane in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akane 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 345 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.