Akilah Girl
How popular is Akilah?
#9,454 girl name in 2025
10 baby girls were named Akilah in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name.
Akilah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #9,454 for girls (▼ 1492 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 10 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,234 in 2015, #4,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (115 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,299 in 1978 |
| First recorded | 1972 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Akilah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Akilah family of names ranked #2,716 for girls in 2025 (#3,141 the year before), with 39 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Akilah | 10 | 26% |
| Akila | 12 | 31% |
| Akyla | 10 | 26% |
| Akela | 7 | 18% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Akilah is most popular
Babies named Akilah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Akilah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 507 | #1,299 |
| 1980s | 668 | #1,328 |
| 1990s | 874 | #1,407 |
| 2000s | 545 | #2,349 |
| 2010s | 296 | #3,849 |
| 2020s | 122 | #4,546 |
Girl names about as popular as Akilah
Questions
- Is Akilah a boy or girl name?
- Akilah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Akilah were girls.
- How popular is the name Akilah?
- 10 baby girls were named Akilah in the US in 2025, making it the 9454th most popular girl name.
- When was Akilah most popular?
- Akilah peaked in 1993, when 115 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,299 in 1978.
- How many people are named Akilah?
- 3,012 babies have been named Akilah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,948 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Akilah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Akilah was most common in New York, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.