How Many People Are Named Akiva?
people named Akiva are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 118,799 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,932 babies named Akiva in Social Security records from 1961 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
145 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of AKIBA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Akiva, 4.7% were girls and 95.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 6% of the babies were girls then and 0.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Akiva alive today is about 16 years old, and 84% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Akiva first appears in the records in 1961 and was given most often in 2020, to 145 babies. In 2025, 121 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Akiva has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,263, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #1,466.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,466 |
| Best rank | #1,263 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,812 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Akiva alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Akiva were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,177 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Akiva was given 9.8 times as often in New York, 9.3 times in New Jersey and 3.5 times in Maryland.
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