Akshar

Where Akshar comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षर (akṣara, “letter, character”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Akshar
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1987
    First appearance
    #5,459 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2020
    Peak, #3,274
    34 babies named Akshar — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,470.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.