Girls' name · since 1994
Akelah
Akelah has 64 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akelah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 64 recorded since 1994.
Akelah has 64 recorded births among girls since 1994, 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 1994 to 2019.
- #32,049 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 64 born since 1994
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akelah ranks #32,049 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 64 born since 1994, peaking in the 1990s.
- #32,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 64
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akelah's 64 recorded births place it above 55.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Akelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Akelah splits its recorded history at 2002: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1994 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Akelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2019
- Peak year (2002)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Akelah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (29 births, 45% of the file).
1990s was Akelah's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Akelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Akelah's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2010s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Akelah: 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 (~25 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, 1994–2019 (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 Akelah 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.