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Akira

Rank in 2024
#2,518
Born in 2024
54
Peak year
1927 · #949
Origin
Japanese
Also recorded for girls:272 in 2024 (#960)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 54 boys were named Akira, about 1 in every 31,765.
  • It peaked in 1927 with 54 babies, ranked #949.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1913.
  • 1,968 boys 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.

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Greatest: 391 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 189 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 10 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 65 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 288 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 571 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 454 babies, 0.02 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
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Akira, CC BY-SA 4.0.