Girls' name · since 1999
Akansha
60 babies named Akansha in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,783 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,827 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Akansha currently ranks #15827 among girls' names in America, with 60 babies recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Akansha recorded 60 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #15827 nationally today, ahead of 8% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #32,783 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,827 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 60 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akansha ranks #32,783 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,827 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 60 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #32,783 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,827 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Akansha's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Akansha compares
60 18th 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
Akansha's all-time total is 84% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Akansha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 60 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Akansha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Akansha's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Akansha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Akansha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (31 births, 52% of the file).
2000s was Akansha's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Akansha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 31 births (52% of all-time use).
Akansha by state
Where Akansha concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 8.3% |
5 of 60 births nationwide.
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What to do with Akansha's data
- Akansha's decade-level peak was the 2000s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Akanshas (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Akansha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Akansha 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.