Akaylah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Akaylah

The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Akaylah between 1999 and 2021, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akaylah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akaylah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Akaylah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Akaylah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akaylah 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 170 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.