Akayla — #9785 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Akayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,368 babies named Akayla between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akayla currently holds the #9785 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 105 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 745 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Akayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 95 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Akayla in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akayla 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 1,368 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.