MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Akshay mean?
The negative prefix a joins kṣaya, loss or decay, in Sanskrit akṣaya. The same enduring sense appears in the festival name Akshaya Tritiya.
Pronunciation
IAST: akṣaya
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अक्षय
Letter-by-letter: akṣaya
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଅକ୍ଷଯ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Akshay in Indian usage
113,710 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 13,752 records (12.1%).
- Recorded as male: 99,958 records (87.9%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 278 |
| 1940s | 872 |
| 1950s | 3,217 |
| 1960s | 7,689 |
| 1970s | 12,926 |
| 1980s | 20,127 |
| 1990s | 68,390 |
| Other decades | 211 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Odisha | 35,841 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 21,112 |
| Bihar | 11,681 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8,284 |
| Rajasthan | 7,943 |
| Kerala | 6,652 |
| Delhi | 5,160 |
| Haryana | 4,473 |
| Jharkhand | 3,518 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,446 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,018 |
| Goa | 1,062 |
| Assam | 1,054 |
| Maharashtra | 535 |
| Chandigarh | 306 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 211 |
| Tripura | 132 |
| Other states | 282 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Akshay / M | 7 | 2,952 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Akshay; Table_6, C2969 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Akshay; Table_6, C2969
- Monier-Williams, akṣaya, p. 3,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.