Recorded 2015–2020 Girls' name Peak 2018 41 births

Aksha — girls' name

41 babies named Aksha in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s332020s8
2010s
Peak decade

80% of everyone ever named Aksha was born in this single decade.

2018
Single peak year

8 babies were named Aksha in 2018 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aksha

The Social Security Administration has registered 41 babies named Aksha between 2015 and 2020, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aksha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aksha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aksha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aksha 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 41 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.

Aksha at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

41

Since 2015

6 years of records

Peak year

2018

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2015

Recorded for 6 years

Last year on file: 2020

Aksha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2015

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2018)
8
Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
456789 202020192018201720162015 6

Aksha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
33 births that decade — 80% of Aksha's all-time total
2010s332020s8

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aksha?
41 babies have been named Aksha since 2015. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2018 with 8 births.
When was Aksha most popular?
Aksha was most popular in the 2010s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 2018.
How long has the name Aksha been used?
Aksha has been recorded in Social Security data since 2015, spanning 6 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Aksha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Akshara, Akshaya, Akshita, Akshitha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2015–2020 (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.