Akira

What Akira means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Akira?

US: Steady: #1026 in 2015, #983 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #760 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2008, when 424 girls got the name (#707 that year). First in the US records in 1973.

How common

• About 1 in 6,254 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,742 baby girls 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 OK (0.47 per 1,000 girls), LA (0.43 per 1,000 girls), AZ (0.39 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Akira is #983 in the US and #1229 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 83.2% of US babies named Akira were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Akari104 US · 4 E&W
• Akyra9 US
• Akirah7 US
• Akora6 US
• Akara5 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 Akira

Girls

• Aya#644Editor’s note Up from #892 in 2015 to #644 in 2025 in the US
• Yuna#950Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1983, with 5 babies
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Kiyomi#764Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,092 in 2015, #764 in 2025
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Lily#18Diminutive of Lilian, possibly meaning “lily”^*

For a brother

• Kenzo#628Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,740 in 2015, #628 in 2025
• Kenji#943Editor’s note Up from #1,406 in 2015 to #943 in 2025 in the US
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*

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