Akan Names
Explore names documented in Akan naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1960. | 42#2,961 | Down 471 rank positions in five years | 1990 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | 36#3,278 | Down 176 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1885. | 14#7,504 | Up 933 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 7#10,250 | Down 1,060 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | 15#6,015 | Down 158 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | 6#11,429 | Down 1,280 rank positions in five years | 1977 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 15#7,136 | Up 6,326 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | 25#5,101 | Down 455 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 9#10,131 | Up 1,004 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | 12#7,022 | Up 267 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 6#11,937 | Down 3,905 rank positions in five years | 1997 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974. | 7#11,980 | Down 2,408 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 11#7,445 | Up 2,693 rank positions in five years | 1999 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973. | 9#8,626 | new | 2005 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1978. | —Unranked | — | 2005 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1977. | 7#11,956 | new | 1989 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | —Unranked | — | 2000 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1981. | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983. | 5#12,134 | new | 2013 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1987. | —Unranked | — | 2002 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1918. | —Unranked | — | 1978 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1979. | —Unranked | — | 1979 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2010. | —Unranked | — | 2013 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1992. | —Unranked | — | 1997 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.