Akira is a boy's name of Japanese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 54 boys in the United States.
Akira belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Akira first appears in Social Security records in 1913. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #938 in 1927, and in 2024 54 babies received the name — 1,968 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Akira is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Japanese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Akira is a boy name. In 2024, 54 babies received the name in the US.
Akira comes from the Japanese tradition.
Akira first appears in US records in 1913. Its best-ever ranking was #938 in 1927, and 54 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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