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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Akayla

Akayla was the 11981st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 1933rd; the most babies were born in 2007 (105). Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,994 places. More babies were named Akayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#11,981 girls, down 4,411 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
7girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2007105 babies
Total since 1880
1,375babies recorded

Akayla popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#11,9817
2020#7,57014
2010#2,93858
2000#3,02146
1990#6,87412
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How popular is Akayla, counting every spelling?

Akayla is the most common spelling of a name family that had 7 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 7 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Akayla7#11,98151

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Akayla?

7 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Akayla (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Akayla born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,224 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Akayla.

Chance of another Akayla in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Akayla?

About 1,400 people born in the US named Akayla are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 16 and 25. That makes Akayla mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Akayla: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Akayla, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Akayla

How popular is the name Akayla?

Akayla was the 11981st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 7 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 1933rd; the most babies were born in 2007 (105). Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,994 places. More babies were named Akayla in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Akayla a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Akayla in the US.