Boy name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Akio

AH-kee-oh · 4 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Bright man; glorious hero
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
classic
Themes
light · virtue
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#4060
2024 births26
Peak year2023
First appeared1919
Total US births549
2023 peak19191945197219982024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Aki
Alternate spellings
Akio

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Akio Morita (Sony founder)