Anakin

What Anakin means

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

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #648 vs #1,897 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Anakin?

US: Rising: up from #908 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2319 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 541 boys got the name (#544 that year). First in the US records in 1995.

How common

• About 1 in 4,000 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 20,918 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 WV (0.97 per 1,000 boys), NM (0.92 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.71 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Anakin is #648 in the US and #1897 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.6% of US babies named Anakin were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Anakyn6 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 Anakin

Boys

• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*

For a sister

• Journee#258Editor’s note 1,198 US babies in 2025, but under 3 in England & Wales
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Ailani#168Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,199 in 2015, #168 in 2025

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 Anakin’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.