Girls' name · since 1994
Akiyah
Akiyah has 519 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,562 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,420 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 519
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Akiyah currently ranks #10420 among girls' names in America, with 519 babies recorded since 1994.
Akiyah has 519 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10420 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #11,562 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,420 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 519 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akiyah ranks #11,562 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,420 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 519 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,562 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,420 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 519
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Akiyah's 519 recorded births place it above 83.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Tennessee.
How Akiyah compares
519 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
Akiyah's all-time total is 38% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Akiyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 519 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Akiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Akiyah splits its recorded history at 2010: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Akiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Akiyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (227 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Akiyah's strongest decade.
227 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Akiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 41
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
227 births
- 2010s
2010s
180 births
- 2020s 71
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 227 births (44% of all-time use).
How Akiyah 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 Akiyah's total volume
Akiyah by state
Where Akiyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 5 | 1.0% |
5 of 519 births nationwide.
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What to do with Akiyah's data
- Akiyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (227 total births); usage has since declined to 71 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Tennessee records the most Akiyahs (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Akiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Akiyah 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.