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.

Akili**

#5,883 most common boys' name of all time · #14,650 across all names · 64% male / 36% female · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#5,883
Rank overall
#14,650 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
715
Since 2016
98
Peak year
1999 #3,147
Best rank
#2,446 1975
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
198020002020

Akili 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 — 7 7 #9,935
2024 — 7 7 #10,142
2023 — 5 5 #12,631
2022 6 8 14 #9,189
2021 7 — 7 —
2020 — 9 9 #8,237
2019 6 6 12 #11,087
2018 — 11 11 #7,285
2017 — 9 9 #8,331
2016 10 7 17 #9,921
2015 — 8 8 #8,983
2014 6 — 6 —
2013 7 10 17 #7,710
2012 11 5 16 #12,680
2011 12 — 12 —
2010 9 8 17 #9,056
2009 8 9 17 #8,499
2008 10 5 15 #12,989
2007 14 13 27 #6,389
2006 11 6 17 #11,005
2005 7 9 16 #7,859
2004 10 9 19 #7,730
2003 11 13 24 #5,681
2002 6 13 19 #5,532
2001 11 14 25 #5,244
2000 16 22 38 #3,699
1999 12 26 38 #3,147
1998 13 14 27 #4,743
1997 12 11 23 #5,446
1996 9 12 21 #5,016
1995 5 13 18 #4,656
1994 6 14 20 #4,419
1993 9 8 17 #6,483
1992 10 8 18 #6,376
1991 — 9 9 #5,728
1989 — 6 6 #7,429
1984 — 8 8 #4,821
1983 — 7 7 #5,258
1982 — 8 8 #4,886
1981 — 8 8 #4,825
1980 — 6 6 #5,976
1979 — 12 12 #3,532
1978 — 9 9 #4,096
1977 — 8 8 #4,488
1976 — 10 10 #3,681
1975 — 18 18 #2,446
1974 — 5 5 #5,768
1973 — 13 13 #2,853
1972 — 15 15 #2,532