Akari

What Akari means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Akari yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #4,890 in 2015, #542 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Akari?

US: Rising: up from #4890 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 554 boys got the name (#542 that year). First in the US records in 2002.

How common

• About 1 in 3,083 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,475 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.85 per 1,000 boys), LA (1.05 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.98 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Akari is #542 in the US and #782 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 84.2% of US babies named Akari were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Akira52 US · 8 E&W
• Ahkari26 US
• Akarii18 US
• Acari13 US
• Akarri12 US
• Akiro8 US
• Akairo5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Akari

Boys

• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Santiago#26Spanish form of James, meaning “May He Heel”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Milo#119Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #288 in 2015, #119 in 2025
• Charlie#145Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #22 vs #145 in 2025
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*

For a sister

• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Aylani#293Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,595 in 2015, #293 in 2025
• Lia#200Latin, meaning “cow”^*
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Genevieve#148possibly “kin, family + woman, wife”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Akari’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.