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Akhil

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#5,608 among boys
Births in 2025
16 1,820 since 1880
Typical age
17 years, median

Akhil popularity over time

Akhil rank by birth year, 1984–2025Akhil ranked #4,973 in 1984 and #5,608 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,548, in 2003.#5,608best #1,548 in 20031990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1984–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Akhil in 2007 than in any other year — 95 of them. 1984 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. As of 2025 the name sits at #5,608, with 16 births that year.

The ten-year change is -76%. It slipped 165 places against the previous year.

Babies named Akhil per yearPeaks at 95 births in 2007.95 in 200701990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Akhil?

Roughly 1,800 Akhils are alive in the US right now. That is out of 1,820 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Akhil?

The typical living Akhil is 17 years old. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Akhil a millennial-era name.

Your Akhil

Ages of living people named AkhilHalf of living Akhils are older than 17 and half younger.median 1702040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Akhil is most common

Relative to births, California carries 1.6× the national share of Akhils.

Where Akhil is used more than average1 states use the name Akhil more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.6× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Akhil is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 51 1.6×

Akhil in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Akhil ranked #4,275 in 2025 on 4 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Akhil comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अखिल.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Akhil

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Akhil Akkineni Telugu Film Actor 1994 16
Akhil Kumar Indian boxer 1981 15
Akhil Sharma Indian American writer 1971 8
Akhil Mishra Indian actor 1956–2023 8
Photo credits (3)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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