Akshay
Akshay may refer to:Akshay Anand, Bollywood and television actor Akshay Anand Chand Akshay Chandra Sarkar (1846–1917), poet, an editor and a literary critic of Bengali literature Akshay Darekar, cricketer Akshay Dewalkar, male Indian badminton player who competed at 2012 Japan Super Series Akshay Dogra, Indian actor and producer working in the television industry Akshay Kapoor, Indian…
Meaning & Origin of Akshay
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Akshay may refer to:Akshay Anand, Bollywood and television actor Akshay Anand Chand Akshay Chandra Sarkar (1846–1917), poet, an editor and a literary critic of Bengali literature Akshay Darekar, cricketer Akshay Dewalkar, male Indian badminton player who competed at 2012 Japan Super Series Akshay Dogra, Indian actor and producer working in the television industry Akshay Kapoor, Indian…
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The Story of Akshay
Akshay first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1981, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 89 Akshays were born — ranking #1,708 that year. As of 2026, Akshay ranks #4,698 for baby boys with 21 births, falling sharply (-30%). In total, more than 2K Akshays have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Akshay
Akshay is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Akshay's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #1,505. Use the chart and map above to compare Akshay'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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