Akeela — girls' name
197 babies named Akeela in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
197 girls have been named Akeela since 1979, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2022.
- 197
- total births
- 1979–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 34%
- born in that decade
34% of everyone ever named Akeela was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Akeela in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Akeela
The Social Security Administration has registered 197 babies named Akeela between 1979 and 2022, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akeela currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Akeela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Akeela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Akeela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Akeela 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 197 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.
Akeela at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Akeela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1979
- Peak year (2006)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
197 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 17 births in a single year.
Akeela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 67 births that decade — 34% of Akeela's all-time total
Akeela decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Akeela's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Akeela by state
Where Akeela concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 8 | 4.1% |
8 of 197 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1979–2022 (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.