Akili — #10083 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Akili

The Social Security Administration has registered 454 babies named Akili between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Akili currently holds the #10083 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 26 babies received it in a single year. Akili is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 254 additional births since 1992.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akili performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Akili shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Akili in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akili 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 454 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.