Akasha
Girl · ah-KAH-shah · Sanskrit
Akasha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “sky, ether, space”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Akasha mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit akasha
“sky, ether, space”
In Hindu philosophy, akasha is ether or space, the first of the five great elements.
- Say it
- ah-KAH-shah
Is Akasha a girl's or a boy's name?
Akasha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akasha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Akasha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Akasha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Akasha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Akasha, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 132 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Akasha in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akasha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 30 | #4,562 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 41 | #3,676 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 40 | #3,766 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,987 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 51 | #3,202 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,119 |
| 2007 | 55 | #3,125 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,757 |
| 2005 | 88 | #2,105 |
| 2004 | 85 | #2,115 |
| 2003 | 132 | #1,476 |
| 2002 | 74 | #2,225 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,879 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
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