girls:
871 births since 1944
#4845 (15th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2006
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
876 births since 1944
#6863 (11th percentile)
The name Akemi is the #6,863 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 876 recorded births since 1944. This represents the 11.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,845 (15.2% percentile) for all time with 871 births since 1944. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2006.
Akemi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1944 (1944 for girls and 2006 for boys). Birth data for Akemi is available in 54 out of the 80 years between 1944 and 2023 (54 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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 Akemi has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.4% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Akemi reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #887) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Akemi ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 49.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Akemi reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #875) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Akemi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Akemi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.0% confident that Akemi is pronounced as uh-KEH-mee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-KEH-mee, at 28.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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