Girls' name · since 1972
Akilah
Akilah has 3,012 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,590 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,606 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,012
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Akilah is the #9606 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,012 recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akilah has been recorded 3,012 times among girls since 1972, currently ranked #9606 nationally and more common than 44% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #3,590 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,606 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,012 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akilah ranks #3,590 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,606 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,012 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,590 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,606 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,012
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Akilah's 3,012 recorded births place it above 95.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Akilah compares
3,012 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Akilah's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Akilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,012 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 115 | 21 | 19,840 |
Akilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Akilah splits its recorded history at 1999: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2025 (10 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 115 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Akilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 115
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Akilah by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (874 births, 29% of the file).
1990s was Akilah's strongest decade.
874 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Akilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
507 births
- 1980s
1980s
668 births
- 1990s
1990s
874 births
- 2000s
2000s
545 births
- 2010s 296
2010s
296 births
- 2020s 122
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 874 births (29% of all-time use).
How Akilah 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 Akilah's total volume
Akilah by state
Where Akilah concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 364 | 12.1% |
| #2 | California | | 287 | 9.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 142 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 126 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 76 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 67 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 59 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Texas | | 43 | 1.4% |
364 of 3,012 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Akilah appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Akilah's data
- Akilah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (874 total births); usage has since declined to 122 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Akilahs (364 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Akilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Akilah 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.