Akbar

Popularity Trends

The name Akbar is the #7,171 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 568 recorded births since 1960. This represents the 7.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,018 (12.3% percentile) for all time with 568 births since 1960.

Akbar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1960 (first recorded for boys in 1960). Birth data for Akbar is available in 58 out of the 64 years between 1960 and 2023. 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.

For boys, Akbar reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #644) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Akbar ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 46.4% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Akbar".

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Key Statistics

Total Births

568

Peak Births

Peak Year

1975

First Recorded

1960

Peak Percentile

2.4%

Current Percentile

0.7%

Peak Rank

#644

Current Rank

#905

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Akbar", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Akbar.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Akbar's popularity from 1957 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Akbar at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Akbar range from Rahman at 91.5% correlation to Tahira at 86.0% correlation, with an average correlation level of 87.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Abdul with 6.4K births (100% boys) and the least popular is Shem with 732 births (99% boys).

Akbar's share of births peaked at 12.9 births per million for boys in 1975. It reached its lowest point of 2.3 births per million (17% of peak) in 2007. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Akbar had 6 births per million, 46% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Rahman

1,240

91.49% (very strong)

Sandro

1,834

89.91% (very strong)

Dimitrios

2,607

87.78% (very strong)

Hakim

2,256

86.86% (very strong)

Amity

2,072

86.82% (very strong)

Panagiotis

1,283

86.82% (very strong)

Abdul

6,353

86.67% (very strong)

Vasilios

1,466

86.49% (very strong)

Rana

4,613

86.24% (very strong)

Rahim

1,797

86.21% (very strong)

Shem

732

86.15% (very strong)

Tahira

1,262

86.05% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Akbar

Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Akbar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 28.1% confident that Akbar is pronounced as AK-bahr, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AHK-bahr, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.

28.1%

25.0%

20.3%

15.6%

10.9%

AK-bahr (2 syllables)

28.1% confidence

AE1 K B AA0 R

AHK-bahr (2 syllables)

Verified

25.0% confidence

AA1 K B AA0 R

AK-BAHR (2 syllables)

20.3% confidence

AE1 K B AA1 R

uhk-BAHR (2 syllables)

15.6% confidence

AH0 K B AA1 R

AK-ber (2 syllables)

Verified

10.9% confidence

AE1 K B ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Akbar? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Akbar. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Akbar, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like AE1 K B AA0 R) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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