Anakin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AN-a-kin
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #648 for boys
Anakin is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 648th for boys in the US (427 babies).
What does Anakin mean?
Modern: invented for the Star Wars films
Coined for Anakin Skywalker, the Jedi who becomes Darth Vader in the Star Wars saga.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Anakin a girl's or a boy's name?
Anakin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 427 boys in the US.
How popular is Anakin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Anakin, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 22 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Anakin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Anakin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,664 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 12 | #1,981 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
How popular is Anakin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #648among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 427about 1 in 4,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 427 boys in the US were named Anakin, making it the 648th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 702nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 541 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995. 6 girls were also named Anakin in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Anakin than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Anakin in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anakin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 427 | #648 |
| 2024 | 485 | #590 |
| 2023 | 541 | #544 |
| 2022 | 464 | #606 |
| 2021 | 431 | #639 |
| 2020 | 361 | #702 |
| 2019 | 222 | #961 |
| 2018 | 270 | #827 |
| 2017 | 323 | #736 |
| 2016 | 308 | #776 |
| 2015 | 237 | #908 |
| 2014 | 220 | #959 |
| 2013 | 143 | #1,238 |
| 2012 | 128 | #1,328 |
| 2011 | 91 | #1,656 |
| 2010 | 100 | #1,574 |
| 2009 | 119 | #1,413 |
| 2008 | 101 | #1,571 |
| 2007 | 102 | #1,539 |
| 2006 | 120 | #1,350 |
| 2005 | 133 | #1,195 |
| 2004 | 66 | #1,853 |
| 2003 | 54 | #2,073 |
| 2002 | 69 | #1,691 |
| 2001 | 66 | #1,729 |
| 2000 | 96 | #1,331 |
| 1999 | 114 | #1,147 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Nicknames for Anakin
- Ani 15 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Anakin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayaan Muhammad Abdullah Ibrahim Ayan Yusuf Musa Yahya Arham Rayyan Zakariya Zayan
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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, “Anakin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anakin, updated 20 October 2026.