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How popular is the name Akshay?
Births per year, rank history and how many Akshays are alive today.
Akshay (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2952nd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 1996, when 51 babies were given the name, the 406th most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 14% of its peak.
The Akshay you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Akshays born in England and Wales are between 20 and 34, and there are at least 810 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 Akshay - on average, only one in every 375 such rooms contains a Akshay.
How many babies are named Akshay each year?
Where does Akshay rank among boys' names?
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 Akshay most popular?
Akshay peaked in 1996, when 51 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Akshay?
At least 810 people named Akshay born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Akshay?
Most living Akshays are between 20 and 34; the most common age is about 31.
Is Akshay becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.