Akito
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-KEE-toh
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Akito is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Akito come from?
Japanese: Japanese name whose meaning depends on the kanji
Is Akito a girl's or a boy's name?
Akito is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akito 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 Akito, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Akito in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akito in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
Names like Akito
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Tru, Hiro, Mikko, Akio, Zuko, Kenzo, Yug, Ryu, Akari, Loki, Kota
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen
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, “Akito: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akito, updated 20 October 2026.