# Akshay (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/akshay/  
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 | Hindi |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,808 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,808 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 467, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi अक्षय (akṣay).

## 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 | 51 | 2,438 |
| 2012 | 50 | 2,491 |
| 2013 | 53 | 2,365 |
| 2014 | 40 | 2,888 |
| 2015 | 40 | 2,920 |
| 2016 | 44 | 2,727 |
| 2017 | 40 | 2,953 |
| 2018 | 28 | 3,796 |
| 2019 | 36 | 3,202 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4,544 |
| 2021 | 23 | 4,368 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,023 |
| 2023 | 20 | 4,890 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,438 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,158 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 14 | 1,630 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अक्षय
- Russian: Акшай

## People named Akshay

- Akshay Kumar, Actor
- Akshay Venkatesh, Australian number theorist

## 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.