Akshaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AK-sha-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Akshaya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “imperishable, never diminishing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Akshaya mean?
Sanskrit
“imperishable, never diminishing”
In the Mahabharata, the Akshaya Patra is a vessel given to the Pandavas that never runs out of food.
Is Akshaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Akshaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akshaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Akshaya, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Akshaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Akshaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Akshaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Akshaya, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Akshaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akshaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 34 | #4,249 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Akshaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika, Arya, Prisha, Aadhya, Anaya, Aarya, Avaya, Avani, Aaradhya, Avira, Divisha, Aavya
Names related to Akshaya
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, “Akshaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akshaya, updated 20 October 2026.