Akira is a distinctive choice, ranked #1229 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Akira in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1229
US Rank #983
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About the Name Akira
Akira has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 365 places in five years. It was most popular in 2015 at #760 â parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Akira is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Akira in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #955, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
â Famous People Named Akira
Akira Fuse â Akira Fuse is a Japanese singer and actor.
Akira Suzuki â Akira Suzuki is a Japanese chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate, who first published the Suzuki reaction, the organic reaction of an aryl- or vinyl-boronic acid with an aryl- or vinyl-halide catalyzed by a palladium(0) complex, in 1979.
Akira Isogawa â Akira Isogawa is an Australian contemporary fashion designer.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Akira
Unlikely. With around 26 UK babies named Akira per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Akira in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Akira has been fairly steady, ranked #1,229 in 2025 against #1,238 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #760 in 2015.
Akira is more popular in the US (#955) than in the UK (#1603). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Akira include: Akira Fuse, Akira Suzuki and Akira Isogawa. Short summaries for each appear below.
Akira ranks #955 in the US top 1,000 (2024). It's recognised in America but considerably more popular in the UK.
26
UK babies named Akira (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 9 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Akira
Almost certainly the only Akira in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2024–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
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Akira Suzuki is a Japanese chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate, who first published the Suzuki reaction, the organic reaction of an aryl- or vinyl-boronic acid with an aryl- or vinyl-halide catalyzed by a palladium(0) complex, in 1979.
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