Boys' name · since 1976
Aqeel
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 225 babies named Aqeel, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,249 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,389 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aqeel currently ranks #12389 among boys' names in America, with 225 babies recorded since 1976.
Aqeel has 225 recorded births among boys since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12389 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2025.
- #12,249 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,389 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 225 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aqeel ranks #12,249 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,389 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 225 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,249 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,389 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 225
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aqeel's 225 recorded births place it above 73.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aqeel compares
225 40th 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
Aqeel's all-time total is 39% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aqeel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 225 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Aqeel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aqeel's full recorded timeline at 2009, 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 1976, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aqeel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Aqeel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (76 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Aqeel's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Aqeel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 22
1980s
22 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 76 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Aqeel's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (76 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aqeel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Aqeel 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.