Meaning and history
Meaning unknown. This is the name of a character in the Star Wars film saga, also known as Darth Vader, created by George Lucas. Although Lucas denied it, the name may have been based on the surname of his friend and fellow director Ken Annakin. The character appears earlier in the series, but the name Anakin is not spoken until The Return of the Jedi (1983), the third film, though it was later dubbed into a rerelease of the second film.
20062006: 120 births, rank #1,350
2007: 102 births, rank #1,539
2008: 101 births, rank #1,571
2009: 119 births, rank #1,413
2010: 100 births, rank #1,574
20112011: 91 births, rank #1,656
2012: 128 births, rank #1,328
2013: 143 births, rank #1,238
2014: 220 births, rank #959
2015: 237 births, rank #908
20162016: 308 births, rank #776
2017: 323 births, rank #736
2018: 270 births, rank #827
2019: 222 births, rank #961
2020: 361 births, rank #702
20212021: 431 births, rank #639
2022: 464 births, rank #606
2023: 541 births, rank #544
2024: 485 births, rank #590
20252025: 427 births, rank #648
Anakin moved from #590 to #648 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2023, with 541 births.