Is Akemi a boy or girl name?

Akemi is a girl’s name. Of the 932 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.5% were girls and 0.5% were boys.

Akemi

Recorded 1944–2025 · United States

Akemi was most popular in 2011, when 49 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,683 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,648, with 22 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 932 people named Akemi.

Akemi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Akemi’s peak in 2011. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Akemi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Akemi is a girl’s name — 99.5% of the 932 Americans given it were girls and 0.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 Akemi

Where Akemi is most concentrated

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

California 8.5×

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