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How popular is the name Akif?

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

Akif (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3256th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. The name peaked in 2001, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1202nd most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2017, with 12 babies given the name that year.

The Akif you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old - or else around 24: the name has two living generations. Half of all Akifs born in England and Wales are between 10 and 28, and there are at least 210 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 Akif - on average, only one in every 1,443 such rooms contains a Akif.

How many babies are named Akif each year?

0510200020201996: 61997: 31998: 51999: 32000: 82001: 122002: 42003: 92004: 72005: 42006: 72007: 62008: 62010: 72011: 42012: 62013: 32014: 92015: 82016: 72017: 122018: 42019: 72020: 52022: 32023: 32024: 52025: 6actual

Where does Akif rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,7651997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 2,0741999: ranked 2,9432000: ranked 1,5522001: ranked 1,2022002: ranked 2,6362003: ranked 1,6292004: ranked 2,0702005: ranked 3,2082006: ranked 2,2822007: ranked 2,7412008: ranked 2,7752010: ranked 2,6292011: ranked 3,8302012: ranked 3,0392013: ranked 4,6852014: ranked 2,2482015: ranked 2,4832016: ranked 2,8042017: ranked 1,9232018: ranked 3,9592019: ranked 2,7282020: ranked 3,3342022: ranked 4,7902023: ranked 4,9922024: ranked 3,6892025: ranked 3,256

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.

Chart: babies named Akif per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 12 in 2001
Akif: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Akif most popular?

Akif peaked in 2001, when 12 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Akif?

At least 210 people named Akif born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Akif?

Most living Akifs are between 10 and 28; the most common age is about 10. There is a second cluster around 24.

Is Akif becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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