Girls' name · since 1974
Akila
Akila has 730 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,489 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 730
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akila currently ranks #8489 among girls' names in America, with 730 babies recorded since 1974.
Akila has 730 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8489 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #9,274 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,489 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 730 born since 1974
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akila ranks #9,274 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,489 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 730 born since 1974, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,489 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 730
- born since 1974
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akila's 730 recorded births place it above 87.17% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Akila compares
730 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Akila's all-time total is 94% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Akila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 730 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Akila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Akila splits its recorded history at 2000: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Akila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Akila by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (179 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Akila's strongest decade.
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Akila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 67
1970s
67 births
- 1980s
1980s
115 births
- 1990s
1990s
179 births
- 2000s
2000s
148 births
- 2010s
2010s
152 births
- 2020s 69
2020s
69 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 179 births (25% of all-time use).
How Akila compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Akila's total volume
Akila by state
Where Akila concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 3.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
22 of 730 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Akila's data
- Akila's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (179 total births) through the 2020s (69) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Akilas (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Akila: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Akila 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.