Is Aquilla a boy or girl name?

Aquilla is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 1,107 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 89.1% were girls and 10.9% were boys.

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Aquilla

Recorded 1889–2018 · United States

Aquilla was most popular in 1919, when 26 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,833 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,107 people named Aquilla.

Aquilla over time

Births per year. The dot marks Aquilla’s peak in 1919. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Aquilla a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Aquilla is mostly a girl’s name — 89.1% of the 1,107 Americans given it were girls and 10.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 55% girls and 45% 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