Akilah — #8057 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Akilah

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,002 babies named Akilah between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akilah currently holds the #8057 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 115 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akilah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 874 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Akilah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 364 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Akilah in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akilah 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 3,002 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.