Girls' name · since 1997
Akylah
Akylah has 201 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
201 girls have been named Akylah since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Akylah recorded 201 times among girls since 1997, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2023.
- #19,747 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 201 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Akylah ranks #19,747 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 201 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,747 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Akylah's 201 recorded births place it above 72.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Akylah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Akylah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Akylah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2023
- Peak year (2006)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Akylah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (99 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Akylah's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Akylah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
76 births
- 2010s
2010s
99 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 99 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Akylah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (99 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Akylah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
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, 1997–2023 (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 Akylah 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.