Akane
Girl · Japanese
Akane is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Akane mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
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Is Akane a girl's or a boy's name?
Akane is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Akane, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had more girls named Akane than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Akane in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akane in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
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