Anakin

Origin: English — Coined by George Lucas for the Star Wars character Anakin Skywalker · modern; Star Wars franchise

Boy's name · #648 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Anakin is near its high-water mark: it reached #544 in 2023 and still ranked #648 in 2025. About 5,800 boys have carried it since 1995.

Anakin became more widely used in 1999, when The Phantom Menace introduced cinema audiences to the young Anakin Skywalker.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#1,143 in Sweden (2025) · #1,905 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,970 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,238 in France (2025) · #1,185 in Canada (2024).

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