Feminine dossier · first seen 1973

Akira

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Akira
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2008

Peak rank proxy

424

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1973Peak 20082024

Peak year

2008

Decline from peak

35.8%

2024

272

All-time

7,555

Akira has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2008, when 424 girls were named Akira.

In 2024, only 272 girls were given the name.

Down 35.8% from its peak.

All told, about 7,555 Americans have been named Akira and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1973.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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