Akash — #3718 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Akash

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,352 babies named Akash between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Akash currently holds the #3718 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 117 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akash performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 874 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Akash shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 438 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Akash in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akash 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 2,352 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.