Akshaj
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- UHK-shuj
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Akshaj is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Akshaj come from?
Sanskrit: modern Indian name of Sanskrit origin
Is Akshaj a girl's or a boy's name?
Akshaj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akshaj in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 12 boys.
Akshaj in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
How popular is Akshaj in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Akshaj, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 69 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Akshaj in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akshaj in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 51 | #2,456 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 59 | #2,204 |
| 2012 | 69 | #2,015 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 55 | #2,323 |
| 2009 | 36 | #3,161 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
Names like Akshaj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Aviraj Yuvraj Viraj Avyaan Shivansh Vihaan Aj Atharv Veer Advik Krishiv
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India
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, “Akshaj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akshaj, updated 20 October 2026.