Akala — girls' name
34 babies named Akala in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
34 girls have been named Akala since 1997, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2009.
- 34
- total births
- 1997–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 82%
- born in that decade
82% of everyone ever named Akala was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Akala in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Akala
The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Akala between 1997 and 2009, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Akala performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Akala shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Akala 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 34 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.
Akala at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Akala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1997
- Peak year (1997)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
34 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 6 births in a single year.
Akala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 28 births that decade — 82% of Akala's all-time total
Akala decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Akala's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 82% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2009 (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.