Girls' name · since 1999
Akyla
Akyla has 279 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,784 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
279 babies have been named Akyla since 1999, making it today's #9784 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Akyla recorded 279 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #9784 nationally today, ahead of 43% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #16,517 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,784 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 279 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akyla ranks #16,517 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,784 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 279 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,784 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Akyla's 279 recorded births place it above 77.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Akyla compares
279 44th percentile among 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
Akyla's all-time total is 26% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Akyla | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 279 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Akyla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Akyla splits its recorded history at 2012: 43% of all births land in the more recent half, 57% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Akyla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Akyla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (126 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Akyla's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Akyla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
126 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 126 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Akyla's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (126 total births) through the 2020s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Akyla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Akyla 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.