# Akshar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/akshar/  
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 | “letter”, “character” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Axar |
| US babies named this | 621 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 621 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 98, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara, “letter, character”).

## 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 | 14 | 5,958 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,395 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4,625 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,542 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,547 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,324 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,597 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,449 |
| 2019 | 24 | 4,232 |
| 2020 | 34 | 3,274 |
| 2021 | 27 | 3,915 |
| 2022 | 28 | 3,880 |
| 2023 | 17 | 5,477 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5,912 |
| 2025 | 27 | 3,952 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2014 | 5 | 3,362 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अक्षर

## 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.