Akshar
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,948 for boys
Akshar is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “letter, character”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 3,948th for boys in the US (27 babies).
What does Akshar mean?
Sanskrit
“letter, character”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Akshar a girl's or a boy's name?
Akshar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 27 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akshar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Akshar, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Akshar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Akshar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
How popular is Akshar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,948among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 63,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the US were named Akshar, making it the 3,948th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 34 boys. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the boys named Akshar in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akshar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #3,948 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
Names like Akshar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avyaan Shivansh Veer Yuvraj Vihaan Aviraj Avi Atharv Aveer Arjan Advik
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India Avani
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, “Akshar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akshar, updated 20 October 2026.