Boys' name · since 2015
Akhilles
Akhilles has 35 recorded births since 2015 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,626 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,246 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
35 babies have been named Akhilles since 2015, making it today's #13246 boys' name.
Akhilles has 35 recorded births among boys since 2015, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13246 as of the latest data, more common than 5% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #24,626 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,246 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 35 born since 2015
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akhilles ranks #24,626 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,246 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 35 born since 2015, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,626 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,246 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2015
- 2010s
- peak decade
Akhilles'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.
How Akhilles compares
35 13th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Akhilles's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Akhilles | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Akhilles's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Akhilles's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2017, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Akhilles popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Akhilles by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (30 births, 86% of the file).
2010s was Akhilles's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 86% of all-time use.
Akhilles births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 30 births (86% of all-time use).
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What to do with Akhilles's data
- Akhilles's decade-level peak was the 2010s (30 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 Akhilles: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~10 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, 2015–2025 (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 Akhilles 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.