How Many People Are Named Akua?
people named Akua are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 631,764 people in the US has this name
Based on 554 babies named Akua in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "born on Wednesday" in Akan.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Akua in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Akua alive today is about 28 years old, and 53% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Akua first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1978, to 16 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Akua has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,155, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #10,131.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,131 |
| Best rank | #4,155 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,832 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Akua alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Akua were born in New York than in any other state: about 58 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Akua was given about 12.8 times as often in New York.
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