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How popular is the name Akash?

Births per year, rank history and how many Akashes are alive today.

Akash (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 57 babies were given the name, the 379th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 7% of its peak.

The Akash you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Akashes born in England and Wales are between 21 and 34, and there are at least 960 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Akash - on average, only one in every 316 such rooms contains a Akash.

How many babies are named Akash each year?

0204060200020201996: 571997: 391998: 481999: 412000: 352001: 272002: 302003: 312004: 262005: 292006: 172007: 242008: 292009: 172010: 212011: 122012: 72013: 92014: 122015: 102016: 62017: 92018: 82019: 62020: 62021: 102022: 32023: 52025: 4actual

Where does Akash rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 3791997: ranked 4841998: ranked 4371999: ranked 4902000: ranked 5432001: ranked 6682002: ranked 6562003: ranked 6952004: ranked 8152005: ranked 8072006: ranked 1,2242007: ranked 1,0142008: ranked 9162009: ranked 1,3582010: ranked 1,2012011: ranked 1,7882012: ranked 2,7212013: ranked 2,2162014: ranked 1,8192015: ranked 2,1502016: ranked 3,0792017: ranked 2,3242018: ranked 2,4452019: ranked 3,0132020: ranked 2,9602021: ranked 2,1252022: ranked 4,7902023: ranked 3,5242025: ranked 4,275

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Akash most popular?

Akash peaked in 1996, when 57 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Akash?

At least 960 people named Akash born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Akash?

Most living Akashes are between 21 and 34; the most common age is about 31.

Is Akash becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.






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