Aki
Aki is a surname, a given name, and a nickname. Aki is a common Japanese, Finnish and Nigerian given name. Aki is also a Japanese surname.
- Finnish
- Japanese
- Old Norse
- Icelandic
Meaning & Origin of Aki
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aki is a surname, a given name, and a nickname. Aki is a common Japanese, Finnish and Nigerian given name. Aki is also a Japanese surname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
- Japanese
- Old Norse
- Icelandic
- Faroese
The Story of Aki
As a girl name
American parents first put Aki on the record books as a girl name in 1972, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1982, when 9 Akis were born — ranking #6,889 that year. About 21% of every Aki on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Aki last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 248 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Aki first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1971, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2021: 16 births, good for #5,562 nationwide. About 26% of every Aki on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aki ranks #5,825 for boys with 15 births, rising sharply (+21% over the past five years). All told, over 395 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Aki
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Aki. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Aki
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About the name Aki
Aki is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 395 births in the dataset. Aki's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #3,837. Use the chart and map above to compare Aki'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.