Akia — #12408 US unisex name
1,560 babies named Akia in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
37% of everyone ever named Akia was born in this single decade.
81 babies were named Akia in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Akia
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,560 babies named Akia between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akia currently holds the #12408 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 81 babies received it in a single year. Akia is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 94 additional births since 1989.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Akia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 583 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Akia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 50 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Akia in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Akia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,560 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Akia at a glance
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Current rank
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Akia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (1998)
- 81
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #12408 among girls.
1,560 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 81 births in a single year.
Akia popularity over time — boys
94 total births recorded since 1989 (Akia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Akia accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Akia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 583 births that decade — 37% of Akia's all-time total
Akia decade highlights
- Peak decade 583 births
- Runner-up 401 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Akia's strongest decade
583 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Akia by state
Where Akia concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 50 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 43 | 2.8% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 24 | 1.5% |
| #4 | California | | 21 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 20 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 19 | 1.2% |
| #7 | New York | | 19 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Texas | | 18 | 1.2% |
50 of 1,560 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 3.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.5% of nationwide
- California 1.3% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 15 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 3.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Akia appears in 15 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.