Unisex name · since 2023

Akoa

85 babies named Akoa in U.S. Social Security records since 2023, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#18,439 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#2,717 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
85
born since 2023
2020s
peak decade

Akoa currently ranks #2717 among unisex names in America, with 85 babies recorded since 2023.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akoa has been recorded 85 times among boys since 2023, currently ranked #2717 nationally and more common than 80% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2023 to 2025.

  • #18,439 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #2,717 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 85 born since 2023
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akoa ranks #18,439 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,717 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 85 born since 2023, peaking in the 2020s.

#18,439 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#2,717 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
85
born since 2023
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%80.4%
Akoa vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Akoa's 85 recorded births place it above 59.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Tennessee.

How Akoa compares

85 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Akoa's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Akoa Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 85 369 358,536
Peak-year births 48 34 22,252

Akoa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Akoa's full recorded timeline at 2024, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 48 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Akoa popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
48
Annual births at peak, across 3 years of records
0102030405060 202320242025 48

Akoa popularity over time - girls

8 total births recorded since 2025 (Akoa as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 8 births
8 2025 8

Akoa by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (85 births, 100% of the file).

2020s was Akoa's strongest decade.

85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Akoa births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 85 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Akoa by state

Where Akoa concentrates geographically, total births since 2023

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Akoa
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Tennessee
5 5.9%
Tennessee share of Akoa's total US births 5.9%

5 of 85 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Akoa?
Akoa has been given to 85 babies in the U.S. since 2023, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #18,439 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #2,717 of 13,930. 48 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Akoa sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akoa ranks #18,439 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,717 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Akoa most popular?
Akoa was most popular in the 2020s decade with 85 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Akoa most popular?
The top states for the name Akoa are Tennessee (5 births).
Is Akoa a unisex name?
Yes, Akoa is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 85 births, and as a girl's name it has 8 births.
How long has the name Akoa been used?
The SSA has tracked Akoa since 2023 -- 3 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Akoa?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Akoni, Akon, Akorede, Ako, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Akoa's data

  • Tennessee records the most Akoas (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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Akoa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2023–2025 (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 Akoa 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.