Akif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AA-kif
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Akif is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “devoted, one who stays in devotion”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Akif mean?
Arabic: Arabic Akif, also used in Turkish
“devoted, one who stays in devotion”
Mehmet Akif Ersoy, who wrote the words of the Turkish national anthem, is a famous bearer.
Is Akif a girl's or a boy's name?
Akif is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Akif, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 13 boys.
2025 had more boys named Akif than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Akif in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Akif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Akif in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Akif, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Akif in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akif in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
Names like Akif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Abdullah, Ahmed, Zayaan, Azaan, Zayd, Musa, Zayan, Umar, Arham, Ahad
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Akif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akif, updated 20 October 2026.