Boys' name · since 1993
Aqil
Aqil has 79 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,951 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,641 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aqil is the #12641 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 79 recorded since 1993.
Aqil has 79 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12641 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #18,951 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,641 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 79 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aqil ranks #18,951 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,641 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 79 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,951 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,641 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 79
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Aqil's 79 recorded births place it above 58.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aqil compares
79 22nd 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
Aqil's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aqil | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 79 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Aqil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aqil splits its recorded history at 2007: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aqil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Aqil by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (29 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Aqil's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Aqil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
- 2000s
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Aqil's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (29 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- 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 Aqil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Aqil 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.