Akin — #8443 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Akin

The Social Security Administration has registered 352 babies named Akin between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Akin currently holds the #8443 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Akin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Akin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akin 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 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.