Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akshay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,808
- 1,808 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 89 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #6,158 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,158 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 41.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 89 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,051 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.
Akshay’s family of names
In English usage, Akshay has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Акшай. In English usage, Akshay has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form अक्षय. In English usage, Akshay has a conventional equivalent in the Bengali form অক্ষয়.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Akshay has relatives in 8 languages. Lines run from its Hindi roots to each of them.
Hindiwhere Akshay comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Akshay
- Akshay KumarActorborn 1967
- Akshaye KhannaIndian actorborn 1975
- Akshay VenkateshAustralian number theoristborn 1981
- Akshay OberoiIndian actorborn 1985
- Akshay KapoorIndian actorborn 1980
- Akshay AnandIndian actorborn 1957
- Akshaya MohantyIndian composer, singer and writer (1937-2002)
- Akshay Ramanlal DesaiIndian sociologist1915–1994
- Akshay WakhareIndian cricketerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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