Recorded 1999–2000 Girls' name Peak 1999 18 births

Aakilah — girls' name

18 babies named Aakilah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s112000s7
1990s
Peak decade

61% of everyone ever named Aakilah was born in this single decade.

1999
Single peak year

11 babies were named Aakilah in 1999 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aakilah

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Aakilah between 1999 and 2000, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aakilah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aakilah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aakilah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aakilah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 18 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Aakilah at a glance

Last recorded 2000

Total births

18

Since 1999

2 years of records

Peak year

1999

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2000

Active since

1999

Recorded for 2 years

Last year on file: 2000

Aakilah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1999

Last recorded 2000
Peak year (1999)
11
Annual births at peak — across 2 years of records
6789101112 20001999 11

Aakilah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
11 births that decade — 61% of Aakilah's all-time total
1990s112000s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aakilah?
18 babies have been named Aakilah since 1999. It was last recorded in 2000. The peak year was 1999 with 11 births.
When was Aakilah most popular?
Aakilah was most popular in the 1990s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
How long has the name Aakilah been used?
Aakilah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 2 years of data through 2000.
What names are similar to Aakilah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aakriti, Aakifah, Aakanksha, Aakira, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.