Akshara
Feminine · “imperishable”
Akshara is the imperishable in Sanskrit — a-kshara, that which does not decay — and it also means a letter of the alphabet.
How old is the name Akshara?
Akshara first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Akshara is a kid of about 9 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,000 people named Akshara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Akshara most popular?
Akshara peaked in 2018, reaching #1461 nationally. Today it ranks #2607, 1,146 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.
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Where it comes from
From a kshara to Akshara
The story of Akshara
Akshara means the imperishable and, by the same logic, a letter of the alphabet — writing being what does not decay. The Bhagavad Gita uses the word of the eternal principle. Akshara is a modern Indian given name and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
imperishable; syllable, letter
From the Sanskrit akshara — a, 'not', and kshara, 'perishable' — so 'imperishable'. It also names a syllable or letter, on the reasoning that written speech does not perish. The Bhagavad Gita uses it of the eternal. The Sanskrit is documented.
How the name formed
- a kshara
- akshara
- Akshara
Related forms: अक्षर · Akshara · Akshara
Pronouncing Akshara
UK-shuh-rah
Three syllables, stress on the first. The ksh cluster is a single sound in Sanskrit.
Nicknames for Akshara
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
- 1995
- Most girls named
- 2018150 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1461reached in 2018
- Change vs 2024
- −15.4%66 in 2025, from 78
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.
Akshara in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- अक्षर in Sanskrit — transliteration
- Akshara in Hindi — same name
- Akshara in Telugu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Aksharas among us
people named Akshara are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 24,353 born in 2025 was named Akshara
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 Delena test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Akshara's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Delena climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Delena's path sketches the road Akshara is walking now.
Akshara 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 Akshara is headed
Akshara is easing off slowly — about 17% 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.
Akshara beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Akshara in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That a letter is called 'the imperishable' is a first-rate idea.
- The Bhagavad Gita uses the word of the eternal, which is real weight.
- Akshi is a warm and widely used short form.
- The ksh cluster is difficult in English.
- It reads as specifically Indian.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Aksharas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Akshara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Akshara in 2025?
- Akshara ranks #2607 among US girl names in 2025, with 66 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Akshara?
- About 1 in every 24,353 US girls born in 2025 was named Akshara — 66 in all.
- Will my child share the name Akshara with classmates?
- Akshara will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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