Is Akai a boy or girl name?

Akai is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 1,078 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 6.3% were girls and 93.7% were boys.

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Akai

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Akai was most popular in 2023, when 112 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,293 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,745, with 92 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,078 people named Akai.

Akai over time

Births per year. The dot marks Akai’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Akai a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Akai is mostly a boy’s name — 6.3% of the 1,078 Americans given it were girls and 93.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 4% girls and 96% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Akai

Where Akai is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Florida 8.2×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org