Girls' name · since 1980
Akeila
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 189 babies named Akeila, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,379 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 189
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akeila is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 189 have been recorded since 1980.
Akeila has 189 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1980 to 2020.
- #20,379 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 189 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akeila ranks #20,379 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 189 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,379 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 189
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akeila's 189 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Akeila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Akeila's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Akeila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2020
- Peak year (1992)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Akeila by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (75 births, 40% of the file).
1990s was Akeila's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Akeila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
75 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s 24
2010s
24 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 75 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Akeila's decade-level peak was the 1990s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 7 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Akeila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1980–2020 (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 Akeila 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.