How Many People Are Named Akeelah?
people named Akeelah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 224,858 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,533 babies named Akeelah in Social Security records from 1989 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
403 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Akeelah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Akeelah alive today is about 15 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 19 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Akeelah first appears in the records in 1989 and was given most often in 2006, to 403 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1989 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Akeelah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #708, in 2006. In 2025 it ranked #7,144.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,144 |
| Best rank | #708 (2006) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,016 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Akeelah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Akeelah were born in Florida than in any other state: about 120 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Akeelah was given 10.2 times as often in Mississippi, 4.9 times in Louisiana and 3.4 times in Georgia.
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