Akbar — #5703 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Akbar

The Social Security Administration has registered 584 babies named Akbar between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Akbar currently holds the #5703 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akbar performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Akbar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Akbar in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akbar 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 584 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.