Akilah
Recorded 1972–2025 · United States
Akilah was most popular in 1993, when 115 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,386 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,012 people named Akilah.
Akilah over time
How old is the name Akilah?
Akilah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1972, which makes it about 53 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 54 of the 54 years since.
How many people are named Akilah?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,012 American births named Akilah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,945 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Akilah in 2025?
10 American babies were named Akilah in 2025, ranking #16,070 that year.
Is Akilah getting more or less popular?
Akilah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 19 births a year, against 29 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -36% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Akilah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Akilah is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,012 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Akilah?
Roughly 2,945 Americans named Akilah are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 33 years old, and half are between 23 and 43.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Akilah is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org