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Akito

#12,078 in 2025Boys' name

Japanese name; meaning depends on kanji

Akito has been given to 142 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #12,078 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Akito, 2025

1 in 663,000

Akito over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Akito: meaning, origin, and history

Japanese name; meaning depends on kanji

Japanese

What Akito means

Akito is documented with more than one possible Japanese character combination. The Latin-letter spelling records a pronunciation; it does not specify one unique kanji spelling or one universal meaning.

Possible character meanings include chapter, person.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Akito is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ä.kʲi.to̞/ for Akito.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 142 boys were recorded with the name Akito between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2018; its best national rank was #4,807 in 1975.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,593 in 2020 to #12,078 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,054 in 2015 to #12,078 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 Akito?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,078
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Akito 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Akito. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Akitos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Akito was born before 2017 — so the typical Akito is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
45.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
142
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 45.8% of all recorded uses (65).

Is Akito 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
−4,808
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,485
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,024
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
35.7%
Peak was 2018 (14)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
61.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,807
1975

Spellings of Akito

Akito is not the most common spelling — Vito is, with 36.9% against Akito's 0.35%.

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.

Akito around the world

Where Akito 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
    2007–2016
    #4,810
    in 2016
  • France
    2014–2025
    #6,124
    in 2025
  • South Australia
    2005–2005
    #643
    in 2005

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

Akito by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,078
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,485
Best rank ever
#4,807
1975
Peak year
2018
14 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
142
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Akito

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

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Sibling names for Akito

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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