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Akshay

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Hindi origin

Living in the US
~1,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#6,143 among boys
Births in 2025
14 1,808 since 1880
Typical age
20 years, median

Akshay popularity over time

Akshay rank by birth year, 1981–2025Akshay ranked #4,509 in 1981 and #6,143 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,505, in 2002.#10,000#6,143best #1,505 in 20021990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1981–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Akshay in 2008 than in any other year — 89 of them. The name does not appear in the data until 1981. In 2025 it ranked #6,143 with 14 births.

Over ten years the count has fallen 65%. Year on year the rank dropped by 1710.

Babies named Akshay per yearPeaks at 89 births in 2008.89 in 200801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Akshay?

An estimated 1,800 living Americans are called Akshay. That is out of 1,808 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 Akshay?

Half of living Akshays are older than 20, half younger. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Akshay a millennial-era name.

Your Akshay

Ages of living people named AkshayHalf of living Akshays are older than 20 and half younger.median 2002040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Akshay is most common

Akshay is 1.4× as common in California as it is nationally.

Where Akshay is used more than average1 states use the name Akshay 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: 1.4× 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 Akshay is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 41 1.4×

Akshay in England and Wales

ONS recorded 7 births named Akshay in 2025, ranking it #2,952. That is 75% higher than five years earlier.

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

Where the name Akshay comes from

Transliteration of Hindi अक्षय.

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

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

Notable people named Akshay

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Akshay Kumar Actor 1967 81
Akshay Venkatesh Australian number theorist 1981 36
Akshay Oberoi Indian actor 1985 9
Akshay Kapoor Indian actor 1980 8
Photo credits (4)

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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