Akanni — boys' name
17 babies named Akanni in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
17 boys have been named Akanni since 2009, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 17
- total births
- 2009–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
35% of everyone ever named Akanni was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Akanni in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Akanni
The Social Security Administration has registered 17 babies named Akanni between 2009 and 2021, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Akanni currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Akanni is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 7 additional births since 2020.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Akanni performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Akanni shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Akanni 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 17 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.
Akanni at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Akanni popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2009
- Peak year (2009)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
17 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 6 births in a single year.
Akanni popularity over time — girls
7 total births recorded since 2020 (Akanni as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Akanni accounts for 29% of total recorded use across both genders.
Akanni by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 6 births that decade — 35% of Akanni's all-time total
Akanni decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Akanni's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% 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, 2009–2021 (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.