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Akari

Girl's name · #1881 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

34% girls · 66% boys — About 66% of babies named Akari in recent years have been boys. Akari →

Popularity over time

Akari is near its high-water mark: it reached #1813 in 2023 and still ranked #1881 in 2025. About 1,100 girls have carried it since 1990.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,730 in Canada (2024).

Famous Akaris

• Akari Kurishima — Japanese association football player
• Akari Kitō — Japanese voice actress and singer
• Akari Fujinami — Japanese freestyle wrestler
• Akari Nanawo — Japanese singer
• Akari Hayami — Japanese actor (born 1995)

In stories & tradition

• Akari Unryu — Ranma ½ (manga)
• Akari Yoshiyama^ja — Time Traveller: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (film)
• Akari Ichijou^ja — The Last Blade (video game)

What Akaris become

Among 153 notable people named Akari:

Entertainers appear 4.3× more often than among typical names — e.g. Akari Kitō, Japanese voice actress and singer.

Similar names: Nahomi · Acacia · Khari · Kaori · Sayuri · Nami

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