Akio
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,180 for boys
Akio is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Akio mean?
Japanese
A male given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Akio a girl's or a boy's name?
Akio is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akio in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Akio, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Akio in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
How popular is Akio in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Akio, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. It first appears in the records in 1919.
2025 had the most boys named Akio of any year since it first appeared, in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Akio in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akio in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
Names like Akio
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Yug Loki Shko Minh Rumi Kenzo Yoan Dakota Guto Yusuf Yitzchok
Names related to Akio
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya
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, “Akio: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akio, updated 20 October 2026.