Aakash
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Aakash is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Aakash mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Akash
A male given name from Sanskrit.
Meaning borrowed from Akash. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Aakash a girl's or a boy's name?
Aakash is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aakash in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aakash in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Aakash in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 13 | #1,112 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,394 |
How popular is Aakash in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Aakash, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the boys named Aakash in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aakash in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 32 | #3,304 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,151 |
| 2001 | 33 | #2,792 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 34 | #2,252 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Aakash
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Shivansh Ansh Aayansh Ravi Ayansh Yuvraj Avyaan Avi Ajit Atharv Krish
Names related to Aakash
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veer
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aakash: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aakash, updated 20 October 2026.