Given name
Akio
Akio is a masculine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and Portuguese.
Original Japanese章男
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 587
- 587 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #3,182 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +85%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 37 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,182 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 84.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 588 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.
Akio’s family of names
In English usage, Akio has a conventional equivalent in the Marathi form आकिओ. In English usage, Akio was borrowed from the Japanese form あきお. In Japanese usage, Akio is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亮夫.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 25
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 暁生original script · Japanese
- 晃朗original script · Japanese
- 昭雄original script · Japanese
- 昭男original script · Japanese
- 昭朗original script · Japanese
- 昭夫original script · Japanese
- 明生original script · Japanese
- 明夫original script · Japanese
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- 彰生original script · Japanese
- 彰朗original script · Japanese
- 安喜朗original script · Japanese
- 哲生original script · Japanese
- 哲央original script · Japanese
- 右雄original script · Japanese
- 右夫original script · Japanese
- 亮夫original script · Japanese
- 哲夫original script · Japanese
- 哲朗original script · Japanese
- あきおoriginal script · Japanese
- 章雄original script · Japanese
- 章男original script · Japanese
- 章夫original script · Japanese
- 秋雄original script · Japanese
- 章央original script · Japanese
- 彬夫original script · Japanese
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Akio
- Akio MoritaJapanese businessman (1921-1999)
- Akio ToyodaJapanese businessman, Chairman and former President/CEO of Toyotaborn 1956
- Akio OtsukaJapanese voice actor, narrator and actorborn 1959
- Akio YoshidaJapanese association football playerborn 1986
- Akio KaminagaJapanese judoka (1936-1993)
- Akio SohdaOlympic field hockey player for Japanborn 1909
- Akio Johnson MutekRoman Catholic bishop (1958-2013)
- Akio Jissojifilm director (1937–2006)
- Akio FukamiJapanese association football playerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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