Girls' name · since 1976
Akiya
Akiya has 529 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,372 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 529
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
529 babies have been named Akiya since 1976, making it today's #15372 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akiya has been recorded 529 times among girls since 1976, currently ranked #15372 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #11,429 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,372 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 529 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akiya ranks #11,429 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,372 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 529 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,372 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 529
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Akiya's 529 recorded births place it above 84.18% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Akiya compares
529 Top 44% higher than 56% 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
Akiya's all-time total is 41% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Akiya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 529 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Akiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Akiya's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Akiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Akiya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (234 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Akiya's strongest decade.
234 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Akiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 41
1980s
41 births
- 1990s
1990s
113 births
- 2000s
2000s
234 births
- 2010s
2010s
106 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 234 births (44% of all-time use).
How Akiya 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 Akiya's total volume
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What to do with Akiya's data
- Akiya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (234 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Akiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Akiya 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.