Recorded 1992–2022 Boys' name Peak 2014 198 births

Aqib — boys' name

198 babies named Aqib in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s362000s622010s742020s26
2010s
Peak decade

37% of everyone ever named Aqib was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

11 babies were named Aqib in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aqib

The Social Security Administration has registered 198 babies named Aqib between 1992 and 2022, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aqib currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aqib performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aqib shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aqib in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aqib 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 198 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.

Aqib at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

198

Since 1992

31 years of records

Peak year

2014

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1992

Recorded for 31 years

Last year on file: 2022

Aqib popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1992

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2014)
11
Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
4681012 20222016201220082004199819941992 6

Aqib by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
74 births that decade — 37% of Aqib's all-time total
1990s362000s622010s742020s26

Aqib by state

Where Aqib concentrates geographically — total births since 1992

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Aqib
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
10 5.1%
New York share of Aqib's total US births 5.1%

10 of 198 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aqib?
198 babies have been named Aqib since 1992. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2014 with 11 births.
When was Aqib most popular?
Aqib was most popular in the 2010s decade with 74 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
Where is Aqib most popular?
The top states for the name Aqib are New York (10 births).
How long has the name Aqib been used?
Aqib has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 31 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Aqib?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aqil. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1992–2022 (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.