Akif — boys' name
152 babies named Akif in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
152 boys have been named Akif since 2001, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 152
- total births
- 2001–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
55% of everyone ever named Akif was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Akif in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Akif
The Social Security Administration has registered 152 babies named Akif between 2001 and 2025, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Akif currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Akif performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 84 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Akif shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Akif 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 152 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.
Akif at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Akif popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2001
- Peak year (2015)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
152 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 11 births in a single year.
Akif by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 84 births that decade — 55% of Akif's all-time total
Akif decade highlights
- Peak decade 84 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Akif's strongest decade
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
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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, 2001–2025 (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.