Akasha

A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning ether; the sky element in ayurveda.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Akasha by the numbers

Akasha was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 132 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Akasha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aashahope or wish13 in the US (2017)
  • Akshaeye or vision5 in the US (2017)
  • Atashafire4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ayasha7 in the US (2017)
  • Adasha5 in the US (2017)
  • Aishaalive; living; woman436 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Akasha

Names that are said the same way as Akasha, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Akshayaimperishable, eternal, inexhaustible6 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean the sky or heaven

Like Akasha, each of these has the sky or heaven in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
  • Irisrainbow; goddess of the rainbow759 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Heavensky; the abode of god967 in the US (2017)
  • Skyesky; the Isle of Skye214 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Celesteheavenly, celestial671 in the US (2017)
  • Itzelrainbow lady635 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Akasha

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