Akash
Masculine · “sky”
Akash is the Sanskrit word for the sky, and in Indian philosophy it is also the fifth element — the subtlest, the medium sound travels through.
How old is the name Akash?
Akash first appears in US birth records in 1975 — 50 years ago. The typical Akash alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 2,300 people named Akash are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Akash most popular?
Akash peaked in 2002, reaching #1191 nationally. Today it ranks #4396, 3,205 places below that high. See the whole 2002 chart.
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Where it comes from
From akasha to Akash
The story of Akash
The Indian systems of elements add a fifth to the four the Greeks used, and akasha is it — space or ether, the subtlest and the one through which sound travels, which is why it is associated with hearing. The word is also the ordinary term for the sky. Akash is used across India and Nepal as a personal name and reaches American records with Indian families.
Meaning
sky, space, ether
From Sanskrit akasha, the sky or open space, from a root meaning to shine or be visible; in the classical schemes of the elements it is the fifth after earth, water, fire and air, and the one associated with sound.
How the name formed
- akasha
- Akash
Related forms: Akash · Akasha · Akash
Pronouncing Akash
AH-kash
Two syllables, first stressed. Every letter is sounded.
Nicknames for Akash
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1975
- Most boys named
- 2002117 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1191reached in 2002
- Change vs 2024
- −23.3%23 in 2025, from 30
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Akash in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Akash in Hindi — transliteration
- Akasha in Sanskrit — same name
- Akash in Nepali — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Akashs among us
people named Akash are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 74,264 born in 2025 was named Akash
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Akash
- #4396
- Akash on the 2025 chart
- #896
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Akash went to 23 boys in 2025, but Aakash is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 32, which makes it the 896th most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,500 places above the chart.
- Akash23
- Aakash9
About 1 boy in 53,377 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 74,264 for Akash itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dathan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Akash's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dathan climbed just as high around 1975, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dathan's path sketches the road Akash is walking now.
Akash sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Akash beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Akash in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a genuinely interesting philosophical place behind it.
- Kash is a complete short form in current use.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Akash, Aakash and Akaash are all in use and get confused.
- It is close to Akash and Aakash in an English ear, which are the same name.
- It needs explaining outside Indian communities every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Akashs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,300 people named Akash are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Akash?
- Akash is the most-used spelling in US records — 23 of the 32 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Aakash.
- How popular is the name Akash in 2025?
- Akash ranks #4396 among US boy names in 2025, with 23 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Akash?
- About 1 in every 74,264 US boys born in 2025 was named Akash — 23 in all.
- Will my child share the name Akash with classmates?
- Akash will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Akash
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