Girls' name · since 1990

Aqsa

741 babies named Aqsa in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#9,197 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,205 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
741
born since 1990
2020s
peak decade

741 babies have been named Aqsa since 1990, making it today's #2205 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aqsa has been recorded 741 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #2205 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.

  • #9,197 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #2,205 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 741 born since 1990
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aqsa ranks #9,197 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,205 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 741 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.

#9,197 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,205 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
741
born since 1990
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%87.2%
Aqsa vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Aqsa's 741 recorded births place it above 87.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

8 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.

How Aqsa compares

741 Top 38% higher than 62% of 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

Aqsa's all-time total is 97% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Aqsa Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 741 376 567,345
Peak-year births 84 21 19,840

Aqsa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Aqsa's full recorded timeline at 2008, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 84 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Aqsa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
84
Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
020406080100 19901995200020052010201520202025 84

Aqsa by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (345 births, 47% of the file).

2020s was Aqsa's strongest decade.

345 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.

Aqsa births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 345 births (47% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Aqsa compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Aqsa's total volume

Aqsa vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%10%20%30% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -56, 4.5%-55, 7.2%-28, 10.5%-31, 5.8%-135, 2.8%-27, 7.8%-70, 3.5%-24, 26.5%-28, 9.7%-23, 8.3%-48, 5.1%-66, 4.2%-43, 6.4%-29, 9.3%-33, 5.9%Aqsa-36, 11.3%Aqsa
Aqsa vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Aqsa by state

Where Aqsa concentrates geographically, total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Aqsa
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
93 12.6%
#2 California
66 8.9%
#3 Virginia
28 3.8%
#4 Texas
21 2.8%
#5 Illinois
17 2.3%
#6 Michigan
6 0.8%
#7 Washington
6 0.8%
#8 New Jersey
5 0.7%
New York share of Aqsa's total US births 12.6%
Even split

93 of 741 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aqsa?
741 babies have been named Aqsa since 1990. All-time, it sits at #9,197 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #2,205 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2024 with 84 births.
Where does Aqsa sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aqsa ranks #9,197 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,205 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Aqsa most popular?
Aqsa was most popular in the 2020s decade with 345 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Aqsa most popular?
The top states for the name Aqsa are New York (93 births), California (66 births), Virginia (28 births).
How long has the name Aqsa been used?
The SSA has tracked Aqsa since 1990 -- 36 years through the most recent 2025 data.

What to do with Aqsa's data

  • New York records the most Aqsas (93 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Aqsa

Names with a similar popularity rank to Aqsa

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Aqsa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1990–2025 (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 Aqsa 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.