How Many People Are Named Akilah?
people named Akilah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 116,253 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,012 babies named Akilah in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
115 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of AQILA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Akilah in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Akilah alive today is about 31 years old, and 56% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Akilah first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 1993, to 115 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Akilah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,299, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #9,472.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,472 |
| Best rank | #1,299 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,728 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Akilah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Akilah were born in New York than in any other state: about 355 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Akilah was given 4.1 times as often in Georgia, 4 times in New York and 2 times in Illinois.
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