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.

Akila

#8,661 most common girls' name of all time · #14,459 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among girls
#8,661
Rank overall
#14,459 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
730
Since 2016
139
Peak year
1997 #3,861
Best rank
#3,861 1997
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
198020002020

Akila first appears in 1974. 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 12 — 12 #8,499
2024 8 — 8 #11,369
2023 9 — 9 #10,560
2022 11 — 11 #9,243
2021 13 — 13 #8,140
2020 16 — 16 #7,012
2019 13 — 13 #8,295
2018 13 — 13 #8,293
2017 28 — 28 #4,853
2016 16 — 16 #7,360
2015 21 — 21 #6,114
2014 10 — 10 #10,356
2013 10 — 10 #10,447
2012 14 — 14 #8,332
2011 11 — 11 #9,915
2010 16 — 16 #7,637
2009 15 — 15 #8,199
2008 14 — 14 #8,667
2007 10 — 10 #11,054
2006 19 — 19 #6,693
2005 13 — 13 #8,520
2004 12 — 12 #8,907
2003 20 — 20 #5,910
2002 12 — 12 #8,471
2001 21 — 21 #5,465
2000 12 — 12 #8,234
1999 13 — 13 #7,460
1998 15 — 15 #6,531
1997 29 — 29 #3,861
1996 21 — 21 #4,826
1995 24 — 24 #4,301
1994 16 — 16 #5,882
1993 25 — 25 #4,205
1992 16 — 16 #5,897
1991 11 — 11 #7,719
1990 9 — 9 #8,892
1989 11 — 11 #7,254
1988 13 — 13 #6,152
1987 6 — 6 #10,622
1986 11 — 11 #6,480
1985 14 — 14 #5,276
1984 9 — 9 #7,224
1983 13 — 13 #5,388
1982 13 — 13 #5,483
1981 12 — 12 #5,817
1980 13 — 13 #5,503
1979 13 — 13 #5,382
1978 14 — 14 #4,904
1977 16 — 16 #4,411
1976 6 — 6 #9,024
1975 12 — 12 #5,151
1974 6 — 6 #8,584