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Anakin

Pronounced /ˈænəkɪn/

Rank in 2024
#595
Born in 2024
482
Peak year
2023 · #544
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Rising
00.10.20.30.418801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 482 boys were named Anakin, about 1 in every 3,559.
  • It peaked in 2023 with 541 babies, ranked #544.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1995.
  • 5,410 boys have been named Anakin since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. 0
    Boomers
  4. 0
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    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: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 11 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,399 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 4,000 babies, 0.18 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas as early as 1974 in early drafts of Star Wars, which included a character named Annikin Starkiller. First appeared in 1977 in the novel Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker.

  • A male given name.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈænəkɪn/

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