Akasha
Feminine · “sky”
Akasha is space itself. In Indian thought it is the fifth element, the one the other four move through: not air but the emptiness that allows anything to be anywhere. It is a technical word in philosophy and an ordinary one in poetry, where it means the sky.
How old is the name Akasha?
Akasha first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Akasha alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,400 people named Akasha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Akasha most popular?
Akasha peaked in 2003, reaching #1477 nationally. Today it ranks #5099, 3,622 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
Where it comes from
From akasha to Akasha
The story of Akasha
The five elements are a shared framework across Indian philosophy, and akasha is the one that western translations struggle with: ether is the usual choice and is misleading, since the word is closer to space or openness. It is used as a given name across India. In American records the name rises sharply around 2002, which matches a film adaptation of a novel in which a vampire queen carries it, and that is where a good many American families met the word.
Meaning
sky; space; ether
Sanskrit akasha, from a root meaning to shine or to be visible. In Hindu, Buddhist and Jain cosmology it is the fifth of the great elements, alongside earth, water, fire and air, and is understood as the medium in which sound travels.
How the name formed
- akasha
- Akasha
Related forms: आकाश · Akash
Pronouncing Akasha
ah-KAH-shah
Three syllables, all open, with the weight in the middle. Every sound in it exists in English.
Nicknames for Akasha
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
- 1976
- Most girls named
- 2003132 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1477reached in 2003
- Change vs 2024
- +25.0%25 in 2025, from 20
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.
Akasha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- आकाश in Sanskrit — transliteration
- Akash in Hindi — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Pennsylvania.
Akashas among us
people named Akasha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 64,291 born in 2025 was named Akasha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jenee test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Akasha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jenee climbed just as high around 1988, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jenee's path sketches the road Akasha is walking now.
Akasha 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
Where Akasha is headed
Akasha is easing off slowly — about 20% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Akasha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Akasha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a precise philosophical term and is genuinely interesting to explain.
- Three open syllables make it easy for English speakers to say correctly.
- It is a real Sanskrit word rather than a construction.
- Its best-known bearer in American culture is a fictional vampire, which will come up.
- Akasha and Akash are the feminine and masculine of the same word, and both appear.
- Outside Indian communities the meaning is unfamiliar and gets explained often.
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Feminine · #5099 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Akashas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Akasha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Akasha in 2025?
- Akasha ranks #5099 among US girl names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Akasha?
- About 1 in every 64,291 US girls born in 2025 was named Akasha — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Akasha with classmates?
- Akasha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Akasha
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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