Akia

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086
Given to girls 94.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1982 · 57 births
Debut · girls
15 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,560
since 1974

Akia over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #1,873, 1982peak #4,650, 1998girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#12,1617
2023#15,1945
2022#15,3065
2021
2020#10,2509
2019#13,7996
2018
2017#12,7137
2016
2015#13,0067#12,0865
2014#9,51711
2013#9,61211
2012#6,57619
2011#8,19614
2010#11,2469
2009#5,53725
2008#5,01329
2007#6,55220
2006#3,91938#12,0555
2005#4,82827
2004#4,17233
2003#4,66827
2002#3,81034
2001#3,94032#10,5565
2000#3,80833#7,4168
1999#2,34363#7,1398
1998#1,88381#4,65014
1997#1,98372#6,1009
1996#1,99470#7,9716
1995#2,10164#5,50110
1994#2,18861#6,3728
1993#2,38053
1992#2,57648#4,87211
1991#3,09736
1990#3,15635
1989#3,78426#7,9055
1988#3,22530
1987#2,65737
1986#2,56438
1985#2,44040
1984#2,19245
1983#2,15645
1982#1,87357
1981#2,44739
1980#2,24644
1979#2,14746
1978#3,19624
1977#3,36622
1976#2,21038
1975#3,05223
1974#4,04115
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five girls were named Akia! It came in at #4,041, and was given to 15 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2016, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Akia
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 1982 at #1,873 (57 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,814
  • Highest: 1 in 21,814 girls born in 1998 were named Akia (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,873 in 1982, was only 1 in 29,707 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 37.4% of all girls named Akia (583) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s168#2,147 (1979)#3,002
1980s401#1,873 (1982)#2,558
1990s583#1,883 (1998)#2,370
2000s298#3,808 (2000)#4,625
2010s84#6,576 (2012)#10,583
2020s26#10,250 (2020)#13,228

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Akia in 1996

girls
#1,994
70 births · 1 in 25,043 girls
boys
#7,971
6 births · 1 in 315,717 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #1,994Akia70

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #7,971Akia6
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 25,043 of them was named Akia, which outranked 87.5% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Akia
  1. #1,980Tonisha71
  2. #1,980Xenia71
  3. #1,980Yael71
  4. #1,994Akia70
  5. #1,994Aidan70
  6. #1,994Angelita70
  7. #1,994Aryanna70
  8. #2,014Aleshia69
  9. #2,014Alesia69
  10. #2,014Breeann69

Tied with 19 names at #1,994; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 2,167Odalys#2,845#678
  2. 1,531Tamia#2,028#497
  3. 1,524Jaycie#2,486#962
  4. 1,486Odalis#2,394#908
  5. 1,430Zaria#2,155#725
Fallers
  1. 1,558Unknown#865#2,423
  2. 723Iridian#886#1,609
  3. 435Selene#964#1,399
  4. 394Salina#838#1,232
  5. 339Chelsi#697#1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 315,717 of them was named Akia, which outranked 24.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Akia
  1. #7,136Zeshan7
  2. #7,136Zoe7
  3. #7,136Zyan7
  4. #7,971Akia6
  5. #7,971Aalim6
  6. #7,971Aaronjames6
  7. #7,971Abdalla6
  8. #9,015Aadam5
  9. #9,015Aaris5
  10. #9,015Aasim5

Tied with 1,043 names at #7,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. 1,398Keyshawn#2,178#780
  2. 1,171Jair#2,055#884
  3. 1,065Kordell#2,055#990
  4. 856Shemar#1,758#902
  5. 686Nasir#1,648#962
Fallers
  1. 1,075Unknown#665#1,740
  2. 649Rashaan#937#1,586
  3. 633Savon#966#1,599
  4. 514Latrell#966#1,480
  5. 351Rakeem#970#1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1996