Girls' name · since 1995
Akeylah
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 140 babies named Akeylah, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 140
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Akeylah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 140 have been recorded since 1995.
Akeylah has 140 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2018.
- #23,453 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 140 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akeylah ranks #23,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 140 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,453 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 140
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Akeylah's 140 recorded births place it above 67.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Akeylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Akeylah splits its recorded history at 2006: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Akeylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2018
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Akeylah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (77 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Akeylah's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Akeylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s 30
2010s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 77 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Akeylah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2010s (30) -- 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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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, 1995–2018 (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 Akeylah 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.