Akina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-KEE-nah
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Akina is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Akina mean?
Japanese
The meaning depends on the kanji chosen; aki can mean bright or autumn.
Is Akina a girl's or a boy's name?
Akina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Akina, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2011, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Akina in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 27 | #5,061 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
Names like Akina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Aaliyah, Samira, Amina, Aliya, Amaya, Ayla, Safa, Alaya, Zahara, Khadija, Amara
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, “Akina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akina, updated 20 October 2026.