Akeelah
#5,310 most common girls' name of all time · #9,000 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1989–2025
Rank among girls
#5,310
Rank overall
#9,000 of 105,966
First appeared
1989
Years on the list
25 of 146
All-time
1,533
Since 2016
263
Peak year
2006 #709
Best rank
#709 2006
Girls
Boys
peak 403/yr
Akeelah first appears in 1989. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,287 |
| 2024 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,893 |
| 2023 | 20 | — | 20 | #6,068 |
| 2022 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,378 |
| 2021 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,899 |
| 2020 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,591 |
| 2019 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,610 |
| 2018 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,826 |
| 2017 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,538 |
| 2016 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,304 |
| 2015 | 37 | — | 37 | #4,043 |
| 2014 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,326 |
| 2013 | 40 | — | 40 | #3,823 |
| 2012 | 39 | — | 39 | #3,967 |
| 2011 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,978 |
| 2010 | 94 | — | 94 | #2,111 |
| 2009 | 124 | — | 124 | #1,768 |
| 2008 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,473 |
| 2007 | 249 | — | 249 | #1,055 |
| 2006 | 403 | — | 403 | #709 |
| 2002 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,413 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,525 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,857 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,744 |
| 1989 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,741 |