# Anakin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anakin/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈænəkɪn/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,892 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,842 / 50 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 208, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Coined by American filmmaker George Lucas as early as 1974 in early drafts of Star Wars, which included a character named Annikin Starkiller. First appeared in 1977 in the novel Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7 | 13,004 |
| 2017 | 6 | 14,283 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9,869 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,579 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,450 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,589 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,327 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 91 | 1,657 |
| 2012 | 128 | 1,328 |
| 2013 | 143 | 1,238 |
| 2014 | 220 | 959 |
| 2015 | 237 | 909 |
| 2016 | 308 | 776 |
| 2017 | 323 | 736 |
| 2018 | 270 | 827 |
| 2019 | 222 | 962 |
| 2020 | 361 | 702 |
| 2021 | 431 | 640 |
| 2022 | 464 | 606 |
| 2023 | 541 | 544 |
| 2024 | 485 | 590 |
| 2025 | 427 | 648 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,595 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## 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.