Aksh
Boy · AKSH · Sanskrit
Aksh is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “axis, axle”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Aksh mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit aksha
“axis, axle”
Sanskrit aksha means axle or axis; the name is also often linked to akshi, 'eye'.
- Say it
- AKSH
Is Aksh a girl's or a boy's name?
Aksh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aksh in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6 boys.
Aksh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
How popular is Aksh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Aksh, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Aksh in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aksh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
Names like Aksh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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