Akisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Akisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Akisha between 1973 and 2005, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Akisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Akisha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akisha 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 373 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.