Girls' name · since 1969
Aqua
181 babies named Aqua in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,139 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 181
- born since 1969
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aqua currently ranks #11139 among girls' names in America, with 181 babies recorded since 1969.
Social Security Administration records show Aqua recorded 181 times among girls since 1969, holding rank #11139 nationally today, ahead of 36% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2025.
- #20,820 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,139 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 181 born since 1969
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aqua ranks #20,820 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,139 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 181 born since 1969, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,139 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 181
- born since 1969
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aqua's 181 recorded births place it above 71.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Aqua compares
181 35th percentile among 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
Aqua's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aqua | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 181 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aqua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aqua splits its recorded history at 2012: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1969 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Aqua by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Aqua's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Aqua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 15
1980s
15 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Aqua's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (65 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- 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 Aqua: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1969–2025 (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 Aqua 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.