girls:
44 births since 2016
#5672 (1st percentile)
boys:
4.9k births since 1995
#1711 (63rd percentile)
overall:
5k births since 1995
#3874 (50th percentile)
The name Anakin is the #3,874 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,968 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 49.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,711 (62.7% percentile) for all time with 4,924 births since 1995. For girls, it ranks #5,672 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 44 births since 2016.
Anakin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for boys and 2016 for girls).
The name Anakin has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Anakin reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 47.9% percentile (ranked #475) with 295 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 295 births per million (ranked 47.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Anakin is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #475 (47.9% percentile) with 295 births per million.
For girls, Anakin reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #956) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Anakin ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 63.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anakin".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Anakin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.0% confident that Anakin is pronounced as A-nuh-kihn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-nah-kihn, at 15.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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