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.

Akilah

#3,432 most common girls' name of all time · #5,861 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among girls
#3,432
Rank overall
#5,861 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
3,012
Since 2016
233
Peak year
1993 #1,418
Best rank
#1,306 1978
Girls Boys peak 115/yr
198020002020

Akilah first appears in 1972. 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 10 — 10 #9,627
2024 13 — 13 #8,098
2023 14 — 14 #7,761
2022 27 — 27 #4,939
2021 29 — 29 #4,644
2020 29 — 29 #4,587
2019 21 — 21 #5,857
2018 27 — 27 #4,926
2017 24 — 24 #5,403
2016 39 — 39 #3,876
2015 20 — 20 #6,311
2014 20 — 20 #6,298
2013 38 — 38 #3,947
2012 31 — 31 #4,642
2011 37 — 37 #4,032
2010 39 — 39 #3,923
2009 32 — 32 #4,616
2008 42 — 42 #3,823
2007 55 — 55 #3,144
2006 80 — 80 #2,360
2005 59 — 59 #2,811
2004 48 — 48 #3,202
2003 55 — 55 #2,826
2002 68 — 68 #2,364
2001 54 — 54 #2,752
2000 52 — 52 #2,797
1999 65 — 65 #2,299
1998 61 — 61 #2,327
1997 97 — 97 #1,632
1996 114 — 114 #1,444
1995 88 — 88 #1,680
1994 80 — 80 #1,808
1993 115 — 115 #1,418
1992 97 — 97 #1,599
1991 92 — 92 #1,639
1990 65 — 65 #2,065
1989 63 — 63 #2,022
1988 62 — 62 #1,965
1987 61 — 61 #1,897
1986 58 — 58 #1,926
1985 47 — 47 #2,216
1984 46 — 46 #2,182
1983 75 — 75 #1,521
1982 83 — 83 #1,460
1981 78 — 78 #1,548
1980 95 — 95 #1,335
1979 95 — 95 #1,322
1978 93 — 93 #1,306
1977 86 — 86 #1,340
1976 74 — 74 #1,432
1975 60 — 60 #1,639
1974 58 — 58 #1,628
1973 29 — 29 #2,561
1972 12 — 12 #4,782