girls:
68 births since 1985
#5648 (1st percentile)
boys:
849 births since 1975
#3738 (18th percentile)
overall:
917 births since 1975
#6822 (12th percentile)
The name Akai is the #6,822 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 917 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 11.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,738 (18.4% percentile) for all time with 849 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,648 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 68 births since 1985.
Akai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for boys and 1985 for girls). Birth data for Akai is available in 29 out of the 49 years between 1975 and 2023 (28 years for boys and 10 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Akai has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 91.1% of babies named Akai were boys.
For boys, Akai reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 10.7% percentile (ranked #814) with 56 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 56 births per million (ranked 10.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2001, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Akai is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #814 (10.7% percentile) with 56 births per million.
For girls, Akai reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #942) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Akai is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #942 (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Akai".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Akai. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Akai is pronounced as uh-KAI, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-KAH-ee, at 19.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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