boys:
2.3k births since 1975
#2623 (43rd percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1975
#5487 (29th percentile)
The name Akash is the #5,487 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,322 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 29.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,623 (42.8% percentile) for all time with 2,322 births since 1975.
Akash first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (first recorded for boys in 1975).
For boys, Akash reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 13.8% percentile (ranked #701) with 57 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 57 births per million (ranked 13.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Akash ranks #881 for boys (3.3% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 33.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Akash".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Akash. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 46.2% confident that Akash is pronounced as uh-KAHSH, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-KAHSH, at 17.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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