Given name
Akshar
“letter, character”
Akshar is a masculine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “letter, character.”
Original Sanskritअक्षर
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1987. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akshar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 621
- 621 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 27
- #3,952 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,952 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 10.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 541 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.
Akshar’s family of names
In English usage, Akshar has a related form in AXAR. In English usage, Akshar has a related form in AXAR. In English usage, Akshar has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form अक्षर.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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