Girls' name · since 1973
Akeba
Akeba has 26 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #42,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Akeba sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 26 recorded since 1973.
Akeba has 26 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1979.
- #42,528 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 26 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akeba ranks #42,528 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #42,528 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 26
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Akeba's 26 recorded births place it above 40.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Akeba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Akeba splits its recorded history at 1977: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Akeba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1979
- Peak year (1977)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1979.
26 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 6 births in a single year.
Akeba by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (26 births, 100% of the file).
1970s was Akeba's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Akeba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 26 births (100% of all-time use).
Akeba decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Akeba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Akeba draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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