Akim

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Akim: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Akim: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #582, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#582highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2357
1999	#2097
2000	#2142
2005	#2418
2008	#3687
2009	#4527
2010	#3332
2012	#3416
2013	#3315
2014	#3895
2017	#3996
2018	#2445
2019	#2488
2020	#1273
2021	#1184
2022	#967
2023	#1243
2024	#1282

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1282 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2020–2025
Highest recorded position: #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2024 (recorded 2020–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Akim appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 183 births with the name.

Akim across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Akim's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#967 (2022)	#1282 (2024)	18 of 29	183 (1996–2024)	31 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#637 (2020)	#582 (2024)	#676 (2025)	5 of 6	20 (2020–2025)	5 (2024)

Akim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Akim in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000s	18	4 of 10	5
2010s	39	7 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	117	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Akim appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #582 in Republic of Ireland in 2024.

Akim's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1243	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#967	31	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1184	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1273	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2488	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #582, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#676position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
24 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
31births registered in its largest year, 202225 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Akiva · #1322, 28y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ansh · #582, 24y
Ryker · #582, 19y
Yohan · #582, 22y
Adrija · #584, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Arin · #582, 27y
Eduardo · #582, 30y
Jad · #582, 29y
Karishma · #582, 25y

Akim was ranked #582 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Akim and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Akim without appearing here.

Akim moved ahead of

Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1273 and #3334.
Keith Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2488 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1273 and #3334.
Ole Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2488 and #1745 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #1184 and #3017.
Courtney Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3895 and #2690 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #3959.

Moved ahead of Akim

Kasper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2142 and #1889.
Theodor Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2097 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2142 and #1889.
Hudson Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2357 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #2097 and #1850.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2097 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #2142 and #2142.

Moved the opposite way to Akim

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Akim went from #2357 to #1282 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Akim went from #2357 to #1282 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Akim went from #2357 to #1282 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Akim went from #2357 to #1282 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Akim

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Akim went from #2357 to #1282 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Akim went from #2357 to #1282 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Akim went from #2357 to #1282 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Akim went from #2357 to #1282 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #582 in Republic of Ireland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Akim

Akim at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Akim across 2 official records

Akim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Akim across 2 official records

Akim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Akim

Akim and the names beside it

Akim moved ahead of

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