Akiko
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Akiko is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Akiko mean?
Japanese
A female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Akiko a girl's or a boy's name?
Akiko is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akiko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Akiko, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1927, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Akiko in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akiko in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,606 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,920 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,283 |
| 1927 | 34 | #1,383 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,350 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,503 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,211 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,169 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,282 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Akiko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aiko, Emiko, Adeline, Naomi, Emily, Amelia, Annabelle, Violet, Eliza, Aurora, Josephine, Lillian
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Akiko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akiko, updated 20 October 2026.