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Akira

Rank in 2024
#960
Born in 2024
272
Peak year
2008 · #708
Origin
Japanese
Also recorded for boys:54 in 2024 (#2,518)

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 272 girls were named Akira, about 1 in every 5,931.
  • It peaked in 2008 with 424 babies, ranked #708.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1973.
  • 7,555 girls have been named Akira since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Akira per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 56 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 732 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,991 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,776 babies, 0.14 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Japanese あきら (Akira).

  • A male given name from Japanese.
  • A female given name from Japanese (uncommon)
Origin
Japanese
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Akira, CC BY-SA 4.0.