Girls' name · since 1975
Akeya
Akeya has 212 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,192 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 212
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
212 girls have been named Akeya since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akeya has been recorded 212 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2009.
- #19,192 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 212 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akeya ranks #19,192 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 212 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,192 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 212
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Akeya's 212 recorded births place it above 73.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Akeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Akeya's full recorded timeline at 1991, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Akeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2009
- Peak year (1985)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Akeya by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (75 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Akeya's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Akeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s
1990s
71 births
- 2000s
2000s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 75 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Akeya's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (75 total births) through the 2000s (38) -- 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 Akeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1975–2009 (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 Akeya 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.