Akemi first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1944. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2011, 49 babies received the name (ranked #3305). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #5194), with roughly 26 babies named Akemi each year. Akemi's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 909 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.