Akin
Boy · AH-keen · Yoruba
Akin is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “valour, brave warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Akin mean?
Yoruba
“valour, brave warrior”
The Yoruba element akin, 'valour', also begins longer names such as Akinola and Akinwale.
- Say it
- AH-keen
Is Akin a girl's or a boy's name?
Akin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akin in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Akin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Akin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Akin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Akin, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the boys named Akin in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Akin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yusuf Kairo Loki Yug Rumi Yoan Minh Ruairi Sami Muhammad Yunus Ahmed
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