Name meaning & stats
Akira
Akira (Japanese origin). 9,257 US babies since 1940, peak 2008.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Japanese
In US birth records
Peak year: 2008
9,257 US babies were named Akira between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Akira (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 81% of the family
- Akira 81%
- Akyra 6%
- Akirah 4%
- Akeria 3%
- Akeira 2%
- Akera 2%
- Akiera 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2008)