Boys' name · since 1996
Akeil
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Akeil, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,625 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akeil sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 35 recorded since 1996.
Akeil has 35 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2020.
- #24,625 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 35 born since 1996
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akeil ranks #24,625 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1996, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,625 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akeil's 35 recorded births place it above 45.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Akeil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Akeil splits its recorded history at 2000: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Akeil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2020
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Akeil by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (19 births, 54% of the file).
1990s was Akeil's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Akeil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 19 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Akeil's decade-level peak was the 1990s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Akeil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1996–2020 (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 Akeil 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.