# Akansha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/akansha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “hope”, “ambition” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Akanksha |
| US babies named this | 60 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 60 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकांक्षा (ākāṃkṣā, “hope, ambition”).

## What it means

Akansha is grouped under hope.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 8 | 10,371 |
| 2001 | 8 | 11,055 |
| 2002 | 5 | 15,513 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9,693 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,457 |
| 2011 | 5 | 16,859 |
| 2012 | 5 | 16,977 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,647 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,025 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: आकांक्षा

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.