Aki
Boy · AH-kee
Aki is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
Where does Aki come from?
Several sources: Japanese aki 'autumn' or 'bright', a Finnish short form of Joakim, and Old Norse Aki
- Say it
- AH-kee
Is Aki a girl's or a boy's name?
Aki is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aki in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Aki, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Aki of any year since the records began in 1996.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Aki in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Aki in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Aki, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had the most boys named Aki of any year since it first appeared, in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Aki in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aki in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
Names like Aki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loki Rumi Yug Kairo Minh Shko Ruairi Tai Yoan Yusuf Yitzchok Benji