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Akari

#542 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Bright or vermilion red

Akari has been given to 2,410 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #542 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 554 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 53% boys, 47% girls all-time.

Babies named Akari, 2025

1 in 5,980

Akari over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Akari over time

In 2025, Akari went to 16% girls and 84% boys.

19902025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Akari: meaning, origin, and history

Bright or vermilion red

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Akari means

Akari means “bright or vermilion red”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,278 boys were recorded with the name Akari between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 554 in 2025; its best national rank was #542 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,322 in 2020 to #542 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,892 in 2015 to #542 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,132 girls were recorded with the name Akari between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 111 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,813 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,968 in 2020 to #1,881 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,984 in 2015 to #1,881 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Akari?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 5,980
554 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 3,080
0.03% of boys
Rank, 2025
#542
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
4,149 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Akari sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1002%
School of 5008%

Put another way: gather 4,149 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Akari. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Akaris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Akari was born before 2024 — so the typical Akari is around 1 today.

Median birth year
2024
About 1 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
74.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,278
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 74.2% of all recorded uses (948).

Is Akari rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,089
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,780
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+4,350
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
29.16×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (554)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
44.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#542
2025

Spellings of Akari

Akari is not the most common spelling — Karl is, with 24.7% against Akari's 0.31%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Akari is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Akari was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 6,250 boys, against 1 in 18,779 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in 100,000).

116 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 6,250
  2. 2North Carolina1 in 7,143
  3. 3Alabama1 in 8,333
  4. 4Georgia1 in 8,333
  5. 5South Carolina1 in 9,091
  6. 6Maryland1 in 10,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 11,111
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Akari is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Akari was most concentrated in South Carolina — about 1 in 16,667 girls, against 1 in 35,371 across all states with data. It was least common in Illinois (1 in 100,000).

16 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1South Carolina1 in 16,667
  2. 2California1 in 25,000
  3. 3New York1 in 33,333
  4. 4Texas1 in 33,333
  5. 5Florida1 in 50,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in 50,000
  7. 7Missouri1 in 50,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Akari around the world

Where Akari ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2021–2025
    #782
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Akari by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#542
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,780
Best rank ever
#542
2025
Peak year
2025
554 that year
First recorded
2002
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,278
Count in 2025
554

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,881
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,087
Best rank ever
#1,813
2023
Peak year
2023
111 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,132
Count in 2025
104

Names similar to Akari

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Akari

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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