# Akash (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/akash/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Akasha |
| US babies named this | 2,376 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,376 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 578, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आकाश (ākāśa).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 2,853 |
| 2012 | 47 | 2,595 |
| 2013 | 51 | 2,424 |
| 2014 | 37 | 3,039 |
| 2015 | 45 | 2,687 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,164 |
| 2017 | 49 | 2,568 |
| 2018 | 36 | 3,173 |
| 2019 | 50 | 2,585 |
| 2020 | 40 | 2,927 |
| 2021 | 26 | 4,014 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3,537 |
| 2023 | 35 | 3,348 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 23 | 4,402 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | 1,201 |
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## 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.