Akya — #16135 US girls' name
127 babies named Akya in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 9% of names given to girls today.
59% of everyone ever named Akya was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Akya in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Akya
The Social Security Administration has registered 127 babies named Akya between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Akya currently holds the #16135 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Akya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Akya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Akya 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 127 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.
Akya at a glance
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Current rank
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Akya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2008)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #16135 among girls.
127 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 13 births in a single year.
Akya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 75 births that decade — 59% of Akya's all-time total
Akya decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Akya's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.