Akshat

Where Akshat comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अक्षत (akṣata).
— Wiktionary's entry for Akshat
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1997
    First appearance
    #7,281 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2004
    Peak, #3,368
    28 babies named Akshat — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2012
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #6,001.
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.