Akiva
Akiva was the 1466th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 121 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1263rd with 145 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 554 places. More babies were named Akiva in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,466 boys, down 203 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 121boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2020145 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,932babies recorded
Akiva popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 138 since 1973.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,466 | 121 |
| 2020 | #1,263 | 145 |
| 2010 | #1,851 | 78 |
| 2000 | #2,425 | 39 |
| 1990 | #2,954 | 21 |
| 1980 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Akiva, counting every spelling?
Akiva has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,392 for boys in 2025, against #1,466 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Akiva?
121 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Akiva (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Akiva 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 69 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Akiva.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Akiva?
About 2,700 people born in the US named Akiva are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 6 and 25. That makes Akiva mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Akiva by state
How common Akiva was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (12.2×), New York (7.2×), Maryland (3.1×). In 43 states fewer than five boys 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 Akiva
How popular is the name Akiva?
Akiva was the 1466th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 121 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1263rd with 145 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 554 places. More babies were named Akiva in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Akiva a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Akiva in the US.
Where is Akiva most popular?
In 2021–2025, Akiva was most common in New Jersey (0.83 per 1,000 boys), followed by New York and Maryland.