Unisex name · since 1971
Aki
382 babies named Aki in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,259 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,455 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 382
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aki is the #5455 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 382 recorded since 1971.
Aki has 382 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5455 as of the latest data, more common than 61% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #9,259 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,455 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 382 born since 1971
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aki ranks #9,259 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,455 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 382 born since 1971, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,259 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,455 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 382
- born since 1971
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aki's 382 recorded births place it above 79.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Aki compares
382 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Aki's all-time total is 4% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aki | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 382 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 34 | 22,252 |
Aki's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aki splits its recorded history at 2004: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aki popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Aki popularity over time - girls
248 total births recorded since 1972 (Aki as girls' name)
Aki by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (104 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Aki's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Aki births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
54 births
- 1980s 38
1980s
38 births
- 1990s 24
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
81 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 104 births (27% of all-time use).
Aki by state
Where Aki concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 3.7% |
14 of 382 births nationwide.
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What to do with Aki's data
- Aki's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Akis (14 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 Aki: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~54 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, 1971–2025 (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 Aki 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.