Akemi is a rare girls' name that peaked in 2011 and has grown less common since.
Akemi is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,561 for girl births in the United States (and #9,658 across all names), given to 22 babies. Akemi was first reported in SSA data in 1944 and peaked in 2011 (49 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | #5,561 | — |
| 2024 | 33 | 33 | #4,295 | — |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | #5,559 | — |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | #4,912 | — |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | #4,722 | — |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | #6,093 | — |
| 2019 | 22 | 22 | #5,620 | — |
| 2018 | 18 | 18 | #6,531 | — |
| 2017 | 29 | 29 | #4,701 | — |
| 2016 | 26 | 26 | #5,132 | — |
| 2015 | 33 | 33 | #4,297 | — |
| 2014 | 41 | 41 | #3,721 | — |
| 2013 | 49 | 49 | #3,269 | — |
| 2012 | 42 | 42 | #3,713 | — |
| 2011 | 49 | 49 | #3,305 | — |
| 2010 | 30 | 30 | #4,738 | — |
| 2009 | 31 | 31 | #4,685 | — |
| 2008 | 30 | 30 | #4,887 | — |
| 2007 | 24 | 24 | #5,714 | — |
| 2006 | 22 | 22 | #7,154 | #12,108 |
| 2005 | 17 | 17 | #6,826 | — |
| 2004 | 19 | 19 | #6,229 | — |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | #6,895 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | #8,857 | — |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | #6,328 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #11,841 | — |
| 1999 | 10 | 10 | #8,823 | — |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | #6,729 | — |
| 1997 | 10 | — | #8,350 | — |
| 1996 | 8 | — | #9,600 | — |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #10,544 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #13,475 | — |
| 1993 | 7 | — | #10,616 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #13,347 | — |
| 1991 | 13 | — | #6,594 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | — | #10,217 | — |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #8,050 | — |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #11,819 | — |
| 1987 | 10 | — | #6,797 | — |
| 1985 | 8 | — | #7,572 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #6,297 | — |
| 1983 | 9 | — | #6,719 | — |
| 1981 | 11 | — | #5,889 | — |
| 1980 | 8 | — | #7,423 | — |
| 1979 | 7 | — | #8,070 | — |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #6,959 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #9,670 | — |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #6,619 | — |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #4,859 | — |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #5,366 | — |
| 1971 | 15 | — | #3,946 | — |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #8,002 | — |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #7,482 | — |
| 1966 | 5 | — | #6,571 | — |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #4,420 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #4,059 | — |