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.

Akiva

#2,474 most common boys' name of all time · #5,970 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1961–2025

Rank among boys
#2,474
Rank overall
#5,970 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
2,932
Since 2016
1,113
Peak year
2020 #1,265
Best rank
#1,265 2020
Girls Boys peak 145/yr
198020002020

Akiva first appears in 1961. 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 — 121 121 #1,474
2024 — 120 120 #1,499
2023 5 126 131 #1,443
2022 — 113 113 #1,570
2021 — 109 109 #1,586
2020 — 145 145 #1,265
2019 8 79 87 #1,893
2018 6 83 89 #1,831
2017 — 99 99 #1,618
2016 5 94 99 #1,680
2015 — 71 71 #2,026
2014 — 87 87 #1,737
2013 8 94 102 #1,631
2012 — 76 76 #1,901
2011 8 74 82 #1,896
2010 — 78 78 #1,860
2009 — 80 80 #1,845
2008 8 87 95 #1,743
2007 7 59 66 #2,240
2006 6 51 57 #2,417
2005 6 71 77 #1,822
2004 5 51 56 #2,259
2003 6 45 51 #2,367
2002 8 43 51 #2,383
2001 — 57 57 #1,927
2000 — 39 39 #2,450
1999 7 48 55 #2,009
1998 11 37 48 #2,369
1997 7 46 53 #1,981
1996 9 36 45 #2,277
1995 10 31 41 #2,473
1994 — 28 28 #2,655
1993 — 31 31 #2,429
1992 — 24 24 #2,879
1991 — 27 27 #2,575
1990 — 21 21 #3,010
1989 — 21 21 #2,949
1988 — 21 21 #2,728
1987 — 18 18 #2,905
1986 — 15 15 #3,202
1985 — 20 20 #2,564
1984 — 19 19 #2,582
1983 — 16 16 #2,863
1982 — 12 12 #3,605
1981 — 13 13 #3,328
1980 — 22 22 #2,338
1979 — 13 13 #3,295
1978 — 18 18 #2,540
1977 — 13 13 #3,149
1976 — 12 12 #3,206
1975 — 14 14 #2,863
1974 — 9 9 #3,742
1973 8 30 38 #1,607
1972 — 9 9 #3,560
1971 — 7 7 #4,260
1969 — 6 6 #4,303
1961 — 5 5 #4,585