girls:
773 births since 1914
#4943 (13th percentile)
overall:
773 births since 1914
#6966 (10th percentile)
The name Akiko is the #6,966 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 773 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 10.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,943 (13.5% percentile) for all time with 773 births since 1914.
Akiko first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (first recorded for girls in 1914). Birth data for Akiko is available in 75 out of the 110 years between 1914 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 girls, Akiko reached its peak popularity in 1927, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #574) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1927, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Akiko ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 10.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Akiko".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Akiko. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.1% confident that Akiko is pronounced as uh-KEE-koh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-KEE-koh, at 34.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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