Akemi
Girl · ah-KEH-mee · Japanese
Akemi is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “bright and beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Akemi mean?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji used
“bright and beautiful”
A Japanese name often written with kanji for 'bright' and 'beautiful', though other writings exist.
- Say it
- ah-KEH-mee
Is Akemi a girl's or a boy's name?
Akemi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akemi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Akemi, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 49 girls. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the girls named Akemi in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akemi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 28 | #4,715 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 41 | #3,717 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,302 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
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