Akshara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AK-sha-ra
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,779 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,607 for girls
Akshara is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “imperishable”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 2,607th for girls in the US (66 babies).
What does Akshara mean?
Sanskrit
“imperishable”
The Sanskrit word also means a letter or syllable of the alphabet.
Is Akshara a girl's or a boy's name?
Akshara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 66 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akshara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,779th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Akshara, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Akshara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Akshara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,597 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,622 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,303 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
How popular is Akshara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,607th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 66 about 1 in 24,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 66 girls in the US were named Akshara, making it the 2,607th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,034th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 150 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer girls named Akshara than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Akshara in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akshara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 66 | #2,607 |
| 2024 | 78 | #2,347 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 83 | #2,253 |
| 2021 | 106 | #1,871 |
| 2020 | 91 | #2,034 |
| 2019 | 118 | #1,745 |
| 2018 | 150 | #1,461 |
| 2017 | 132 | #1,636 |
| 2016 | 146 | #1,541 |
| 2015 | 133 | #1,609 |
| 2014 | 115 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | 119 | #1,737 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,859 |
| 2011 | 96 | #2,026 |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2009 | 71 | #2,591 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,053 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Akshara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika, Prisha, Divisha, Aadhya, Arya, Viha, Advika, Avira, Varnika, Aarya, Aaradhya, Vihana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Akshara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akshara, updated 20 October 2026.