Akilah
Akilah was the 9475th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 1299th; the most babies were born in 1993 (115). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,230 places. More babies were named Akilah in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,475 girls, down 4,926 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1993115 babies
- Total since 1880
- 3,012babies recorded
Akilah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,475 | 10 |
| 2020 | #4,549 | 29 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 |
| 2000 | #2,778 | 52 |
| 1990 | #2,053 | 65 |
| 1980 | #1,328 | 95 |
| 1970 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Akilah, counting every spelling?
Akilah is the most common spelling of a name family that had 32 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 32 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akilah | 10 | #9,475 | 93 |
| Akila | 12 | #8,386 | 53 |
| Akyla | 10 | #9,477 | 36 |
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 Akilah?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Akilah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Akilah 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 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Akilah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Akilah?
About 2,900 people born in the US named Akilah are alive today, with a median age of 33; half are between 23 and 43. That makes Akilah mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Akilah by state
How common Akilah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Akilah
How popular is the name Akilah?
Akilah was the 9475th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 1299th; the most babies were born in 1993 (115). Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,230 places. More babies were named Akilah in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Akilah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Akilah in the US.
Where is Akilah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Akilah was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.