Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Akane comes from Japanese, and ultimately from Japanese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 358
- 0 boys · 358 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #7,907 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,907 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 511 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Akane’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Akane is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 明音. In Japanese usage, Akane is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 朱音. In Japanese usage, Akane is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 紅音.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Akane
- Akane SaitoJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Akane YamaguchiJapanese badminton playerborn 1997
- Akane HagaJapanese singer, dancer and modelborn 2002
- Akane FujitaJapanese voice actressborn 1993
- Akane MatsunagaJapanese voice actressborn 2001
- Akane TakayanagiJapanese singer and member of SKE48 Team KIIborn 1991
- Akane ShibataJapanese field hockey playerborn 1988
- Akane HottaJapanese model and actressborn 1992
- Akane ShigaJapanese ice hockey player (born 2001)
Characters named Akane: Akane Tendo (Ranma½).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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