Ako — boys' name
22 babies named Ako in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Ako was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ako in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ako
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Ako between 1971 and 1973, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ako currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1973. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Ako is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2015.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ako performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ako 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 22 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.
Ako at a glance
Last recorded 1973Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ako popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1971
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1973.
22 total births across 3 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 9 births in a single year.
Ako popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2015 (Ako as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ako accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ako by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 22 births that decade — 100% of Ako's all-time total
Ako decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ako's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.