Akua
#10,377 most common girls' name of all time · #17,225 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1971–2025
Rank among girls
#10,377
Rank overall
#17,225 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
554
Since 2016
85
Peak year
1978 #4,421
Best rank
#4,330 1976
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Akua first appears in 1971. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,298 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,124 |
| 2023 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,827 |
| 2022 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,500 |
| 2020 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,342 |
| 2019 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,146 |
| 2018 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,774 |
| 2017 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,937 |
| 2016 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,354 |
| 2015 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,943 |
| 2014 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,180 |
| 2013 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,250 |
| 2012 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,479 |
| 2011 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,435 |
| 2010 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,804 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,846 |
| 2008 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,868 |
| 2007 | 10 | — | 10 | #11,032 |
| 2006 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,673 |
| 2005 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,177 |
| 2004 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,173 |
| 2003 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,159 |
| 2002 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,489 |
| 2001 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,331 |
| 2000 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,319 |
| 1999 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,312 |
| 1998 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,276 |
| 1997 | 15 | — | 15 | #6,303 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,537 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,817 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,104 |
| 1993 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,808 |
| 1992 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,861 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,423 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,170 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,147 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,487 |
| 1987 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,406 |
| 1986 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,492 |
| 1985 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,965 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,677 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,578 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,696 |
| 1981 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,182 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,636 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,790 |
| 1978 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,421 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,804 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,330 |
| 1975 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,452 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,681 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,855 |
| 1972 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1971 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,980 |