Is Akiva a boy or girl name?

Akiva is a boy’s name. Of the 2,932 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 4.7% were girls and 95.3% were boys.

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

Births per year. The dot marks Akiva’s peak in 2020. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

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.

Names that peaked alongside Akiva

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