Akeelah — #5867 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Akeelah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,517 babies named Akeelah between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akeelah currently holds the #5867 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 403 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akeelah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 942 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Akeelah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 121 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Akeelah in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akeelah 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 1,517 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.