Aki

#5,402 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Possibly raised by Jahweh, through Joakim

Aki has been given to 630 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #5,402 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 17 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.

Babies named Aki, 2025

1 in 195,000

Aki over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Aki over time

In 2025, Aki went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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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.

Aki: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly raised by Jahweh, through Joakim

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aki means

Aki belongs to the name family reached through Aki → Joakim. Its meaning is “raised by Jahweh”.

Origin, language, and formation

Aki is used in Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Joakim.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Aki is pronounced /ˈɑki/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 382 boys were recorded with the name Aki between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,839 in 1974.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,763 in 2020 to #5,402 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,502 in 2015 to #5,402 in 2025.

In the United States, 248 girls were recorded with the name Aki between 1972 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1982; its best national rank was #5,964 in 1972.

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.

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How common is Aki?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 195,000; 17 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 100,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #5,402; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 135,172 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Aki 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 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 135,172 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aki. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Akis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aki was born before 2009 — so the typical Aki is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 27.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 68.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 382; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 27.2% of all recorded uses (104).

Is Aki 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: +504; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,361; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,100; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.70×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (17)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 37.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,839; 1974

Where Aki is used

Across 1910–2025, Aki was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,245,193 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

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. Aki has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Aki around the world

Where Aki 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
2011–2025
#3,256
in 2025
France
2022–2022
#6,562
in 2022
Canada
2022–2022
#2,959
in 2022
South Australia
1990–1990
#484
in 1990

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aki by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #5,402
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,361
Best rank ever: #3,839; 1974
Peak year: 2025; 17 that year
First recorded: 1971
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 382
Count in 2025: 17

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,964; 1972
Peak year: 1982; 9 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 248
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Aki

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

Akin Akio Aking Akim Akif Akili Akir Maki Jaki Akil Akito Inaki Akira Zaki Akia Akiro Akiva Akiel Naki Akiem Akilan Baki Akida Masaki

Sibling names for Aki

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

For a sister

Leonor Karleigh Keren Kendyl Hayleigh Shaniya Eloisa Leigha

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander

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