Akiva
Recorded 1961–2025 · United States
Akiva was most popular in 2020, when 145 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,705 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,107, with 121 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,932 people named Akiva.
Akiva over time
How old is the name Akiva?
Akiva first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1961, which makes it about 64 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 57 of the 65 years since.
How many people are named Akiva?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,932 American births named Akiva 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 2,876 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Akiva in 2025?
121 American babies were named Akiva in 2025, ranking #3,107 that year.
Is Akiva getting more or less popular?
Akiva is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 119 births a year, against 84 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +42% 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 Akiva a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Akiva is a boy’s name — 4.7% of the 2,932 Americans given it were girls and 95.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 2% girls and 98% 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 Akiva?
Roughly 2,876 Americans named Akiva are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 6 and 25.
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 Akiva 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