Girls' name · since 1997
Akire
80 babies named Akire in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Akire sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 80 recorded since 1997.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akire has been recorded 80 times among girls since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2021.
- #29,557 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akire ranks #29,557 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,557 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Akire's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Akire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Akire's full recorded timeline at 2009, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Akire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2021
- Peak year (2005)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Akire by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (36 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Akire's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Akire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 36 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Akire's decade-level peak was the 2000s (36 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Akire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~24 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, 1997–2021 (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 Akire 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.