Is Akili a boy or girl name?

Akili is a unisex name. Of the 715 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 35.5% were girls and 64.5% were boys. It changed hands in 2007, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Akili

Recorded 1972–2025 · United States

Akili was most popular in 1999, when 38 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,496 that year. In 2025 it ranked #20,040, with 7 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 715 people named Akili.

Akili over time

Births per year. The dot marks Akili’s peak in 1999. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Akili a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Akili is a unisex name — 35.5% of the 715 Americans given it were girls and 64.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 2007 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 30% girls and 70% 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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org