Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Akira” in the USA?

Number of people named “Akira” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Akira” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Akira” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Akira” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Akira” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Akira” by birth year

This chart shows how “Akira” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1913 8 0.000007035 8 -100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 -100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 -100%
1916 16 0.000008271 16 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 -100%
1918 31 0.000014278 31 -100%
1919 29 0.000013742 29 -100%
1920 20 0.000008839 20 -100%
1921 32 0.000013707 32 -100%
1922 39 0.000017037 39 -100%
1923 36 0.000015635 36 -100%
1924 35 0.000014696 35 -100%
1925 29 0.000012429 29 -100%
1926 27 0.00001176 27 -100%
1927 54 0.000023282 54 -100%
1928 36 0.000015923 36 -100%
1929 34 0.00001551 34 -100%
1930 18 0.000008096 18 -100%
1931 26 0.000012355 26 -100%
1932 17 0.000008052 17 -100%
1933 7 0.000003501 7 -100%
1934 12 0.000005778 12 -100%
1935 10 0.000004785 10 -100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 -100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 -100%
1962 5 0.000001239 5 -100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1970 7 0.000001941 7 -100%
1971 7 0.000002039 7 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1975 16 0.000005299 8 8 0%
1977 21 0.000006611 9 12 -14%
1978 22 0.000006932 15 7 36%
1979 20 0.000006011 12 8 20%
1980 12 0.000003484 6 6 0%
1981 25 0.000007227 11 14 -12%
1982 46 0.000013113 33 13 43%
1983 69 0.000019923 50 19 45%
1984 45 0.000012899 32 13 42%
1985 47 0.000013169 29 18 23%
1986 60 0.000016868 41 19 37%
1987 53 0.000014699 34 19 28%
1988 33 0.000008931 22 11 33%
1989 58 0.000015087 30 28 3%
1990 64 0.000016192 47 17 47%
1991 58 0.00001489 46 12 59%
1992 80 0.000020826 59 21 47%
1993 80 0.000021219 69 11 73%
1994 73 0.000019636 55 18 51%
1995 105 0.000028672 82 23 56%
1996 124 0.000033999 92 32 48%
1997 170 0.000046887 143 27 68%
1998 224 0.000060899 183 41 63%
1999 219 0.000059287 179 40 63%
2000 202 0.000053441 165 37 63%
2001 239 0.000063846 202 37 69%
2002 287 0.000076773 242 45 69%
2003 255 0.000067064 213 42 67%
2004 244 0.000063859 199 45 63%
2005 257 0.000066843 229 28 78%
2006 307 0.0000776 270 37 76%
2007 371 0.000092804 336 35 81%
2008 453 0.000115248 424 29 87%
2009 377 0.000098687 345 32 83%
2010 356 0.000096327 322 34 81%
2011 310 0.000084751 275 35 77%
2012 291 0.000079565 264 27 81%
2013 253 0.000069397 229 24 81%
2014 268 0.000072308 233 35 74%
2015 294 0.00007944 260 34 77%
2016 285 0.000077684 261 24 83%
2017 276 0.000077177 251 25 82%
2018 260 0.00007395 215 45 65%
2019 240 0.000069146 210 30 75%
2020 251 0.000075137 205 46 63%
2021 247 0.000072905 204 43 65%
2022 234 0.000069167 189 45 62%
2023 296 0.000089394 247 49 67%
2024 326 0.000097942 272 54 67%

Explore other names

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  9. Akiria
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