Akhenaton
Akhenaten, also spelled Akhenaton, Echnaton, and Khuenaten, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning c. 1353–1336 or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Originally named Amenhotep IV, in the fifth year of his reign he adopted the name "Akhenaten".
- Ancient Egyptian
Meaning & Origin of Akhenaton
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Akhenaten, also spelled Akhenaton, Echnaton, and Khuenaten, was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning c. 1353–1336 or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty. Originally named Amenhotep IV, in the fifth year of his reign he adopted the name "Akhenaten".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Egyptian
The Story of Akhenaton
American parents first put Akhenaton on the record books as a baby boy name in 1980, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1980, when 5 Akhenatons were born — ranking #6,250 that year. About 50% of every Akhenaton on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Akhenaton last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Akhenaton
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- Akhenaten
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About the name Akhenaton
Akhenaton is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Akhenaton's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #6,250. Use the chart and map above to compare Akhenaton's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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