Akash
Boy · Sanskrit
Akash is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Akash mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Akash a girl's or a boy's name?
Akash is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akash in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Akash, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 57 boys.
Half of all the boys named Akash in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Akash in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2008 | 31 | #947 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 18 | #1,256 |
| 2005 | 30 | #853 |
| 2004 | 30 | #807 |
| 2003 | 33 | #720 |
| 2002 | 30 | #707 |
| 2001 | 27 | #728 |
| 2000 | 35 | #600 |
| 1999 | 41 | #540 |
| 1998 | 50 | #467 |
| 1997 | 41 | #510 |
| 1996 | 57 | #405 |
How popular is Akash in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Akash, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 117 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Akash than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Akash in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akash in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 35 | #3,345 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 49 | #2,565 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 37 | #3,036 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 47 | #2,593 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 63 | #2,117 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,049 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,000 |
| 2007 | 72 | #1,951 |
| 2006 | 80 | #1,738 |
| 2005 | 80 | #1,671 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,290 |
| 2003 | 115 | #1,252 |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,189 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,425 |
| 2000 | 71 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,405 |
| 1998 | 75 | #1,472 |
| 1997 | 76 | #1,420 |
| 1996 | 61 | #1,596 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,333 |
| 1994 | 57 | #1,603 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 66 | #1,390 |
| 1991 | 69 | #1,353 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,677 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
Names like Akash
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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