US rank #2236 Girls' name Peak 2024 657 births

Aqsa — #2236 US girls' name

657 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.

1990s1062000s1332010s1572020s261
#2236
of 17,661 girls in use

More common than 87% of names given to girls today.

2020s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Aqsa was born in this single decade.

2024
Single peak year

84 babies were named Aqsa in 2024 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aqsa

The Social Security Administration has registered 657 babies named Aqsa between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aqsa currently holds the #2236 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 84 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aqsa performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 261 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aqsa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 83 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Aqsa in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aqsa 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 657 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.

Aqsa at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

657

Since 1990

35 years of records

Peak year

2024

84 births that year

Strongest decade: 2020s

Current rank

#2,236

Among girls

As of 2024

Active since

1990

Recorded for 35 years

Last year on file: 2024

Aqsa popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2024)
84
Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
020406080100 20242019201420092004199919941990 8

Aqsa by decade

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

Peak: 2020s
Peak decade
2020s
261 births that decade — 40% of Aqsa's all-time total
1990s1062000s1332010s1572020s261

Aqsa by state

Where Aqsa concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 7 states by recorded births for the name Aqsa
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
83 12.6%
#2 California
44 6.7%
#3 Virginia
21 3.2%
#4 Texas
15 2.3%
#5 Illinois
11 1.7%
#6 Michigan
6 0.9%
#7 New Jersey
5 0.8%
New York share of Aqsa's total US births 12.6%
Even split

83 of 657 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aqsa?
657 babies have been named Aqsa since 1990. It currently ranks #2236 among girls. The peak year was 2024 with 84 births.
When was Aqsa most popular?
Aqsa was most popular in the 2020s decade with 261 total births. The single peak year was 2024.
Where is Aqsa most popular?
The top states for the name Aqsa are New York (83 births), California (44 births), Virginia (21 births).
How long has the name Aqsa been used?
Aqsa has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 35 years of data through 2024.

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, 1990–2024 (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.