Akiyah — #8622 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Akiyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 510 babies named Akiyah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akiyah currently holds the #8622 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Akiyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Akiyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Akiyah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Akiyah 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 510 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.