boys:
592 births since 2002
#3994 (13th percentile)
overall:
592 births since 2002
#7147 (8th percentile)
The name Akshaj is the #7,147 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 592 recorded births since 2002. This represents the 7.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,994 (12.9% percentile) for all time with 592 births since 2002.
Akshaj first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2002 (first recorded for boys in 2002). Birth data for Akshaj is available in 20 out of the 21 years between 2002 and 2022. 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, Akshaj reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 7.1% percentile (ranked #836) with 34 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 34 births per million (ranked 7.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Akshaj".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Akshaj. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.4% confident that Akshaj is pronounced as AHK-shuhj, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AK-shuhj, at 22.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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