Akil — #3235 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Akil

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,130 babies named Akil between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Akil currently holds the #3235 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akil performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 617 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Akil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 401 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Akil in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akil 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 2,130 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.