Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Akil

#3,014 most common boys' name of all time · #7,289 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#3,014
Rank overall
#7,289 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
2,147
Since 2016
307
Peak year
1994 #1,295
Best rank
#1,285 1977
Girls Boys peak 82/yr
198020002020

Akil first appears in 1970. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 17 17 #5,456
2024 — 37 37 #3,244
2023 — 23 23 #4,504
2022 — 21 21 #4,755
2021 — 33 33 #3,459
2020 — 29 29 #3,686
2019 — 42 42 #2,912
2018 — 31 31 #3,560
2017 — 45 45 #2,737
2016 — 29 29 #3,713
2015 — 32 32 #3,456
2014 — 26 26 #3,938
2013 — 28 28 #3,695
2012 — 27 27 #3,841
2011 — 30 30 #3,543
2010 — 32 32 #3,414
2009 — 33 33 #3,362
2008 — 31 31 #3,517
2007 — 28 28 #3,735
2006 — 50 50 #2,464
2005 — 59 59 #2,098
2004 — 51 51 #2,264
2003 — 35 35 #2,813
2002 — 41 41 #2,449
2001 — 49 49 #2,131
2000 — 50 50 #2,033
1999 — 65 65 #1,648
1998 — 39 39 #2,294
1997 — 48 48 #1,928
1996 — 59 59 #1,648
1995 — 80 80 #1,318
1994 — 82 82 #1,295
1993 — 72 72 #1,354
1992 — 64 64 #1,448
1991 — 55 55 #1,570
1990 — 53 53 #1,584
1989 — 21 21 #2,968
1988 — 37 37 #1,842
1987 — 26 26 #2,264
1986 — 20 20 #2,659
1985 — 26 26 #2,161
1984 — 24 24 #2,223
1983 — 31 31 #1,817
1982 — 43 43 #1,483
1981 — 47 47 #1,394
1980 — 41 41 #1,523
1979 — 46 46 #1,387
1978 — 41 41 #1,471
1977 — 49 49 #1,285
1976 — 34 34 #1,606
1975 — 38 38 #1,454
1974 — 33 33 #1,545
1973 — 29 29 #1,650
1972 — 19 19 #2,156
1971 — 10 10 #3,357
1970 — 6 6 #4,653