Akira

Boy · recorded 1913–2025

  • #2,539in 2025
  • 1 in 32,847boys in 2025
  • +72%last ten years
  • 1.9×in California

Most popular in 1927.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1913

0244819131941196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 83 recorded years as a table
Akira, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191316
191412
191516
191618
191714
191831
191930
192019
192129
192236
192333
192431
192526
192624
192748
192833
192932
193016
193125
193216
19337
193412
193510
19367
19375
19387
19398
19622
19643
19673
19704
19714
19743
19755
19777
19784
19795
19803
19818
19827
198311
19847
198510
198610
198710
19886
198914
19908
19916
199211
19936
19949
199512
199617
199714
199821
199921
200019
200119
200223
200321
200423
200514
200618
200717
200814
200916
201018
201118
201214
201313
201418
201518
201613
201714
201825
201917
202027
202125
202226
202329
202431
202530

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
52
Rank in 2025
#2,539
How rare
1 in 32,847 boys
Since 1913
2,020

Most popular in 1927, at 48 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 72% per million boys born.

Top 1 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.9×31

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.