Boys' name · since 1975
Akito
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 142 babies named Akito, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,098 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,375 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
142 babies have been named Akito since 1975, making it today's #12375 boys' name.
Akito has 142 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12375 as of the latest data, more common than 11% 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 1975 to 2025.
- #15,098 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,375 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 142 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akito ranks #15,098 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,375 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 142 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,098 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,375 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 142
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Akito's 142 recorded births place it above 66.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Akito compares
142 32nd percentile among 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
Akito's all-time total is 62% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Akito | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 142 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Akito's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Akito's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2018 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Akito popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Akito by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Akito's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Akito births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Akito's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 2020s (47) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Akito: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Akito 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.