girl's name

Akayla

uh-KAY-luh (English)

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,388

Akayla is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2007, when 105 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 473,709 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1990.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Akayla Over Time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, which so far covers 2020 to 2025.

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Births named Akayla by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 236
2000s 745
2010s 329
2020s (to 2025) 65

How Popular Is Akayla?

In 2025, Akayla was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Akayla Is Used

Canada #2,596 6 in 2001
England & Wales #5,504 4 in 2008
United States #13,128 7 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names That Peaked Alongside Akayla

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents Who Like Akayla Also Like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Akayla over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

How to Say Akayla

  • English uh-KAY-luh

Sibling Names for Akayla

Names from the same era that do not rhyme or share an initial with Akayla — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common Questions About Akayla

How popular is the name Akayla?

In 2025, Akayla was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Akayla a girl's or a boy's name?

Akayla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Akayla?

Akayla has 3 syllables.

When was Akayla most popular?

Akayla peaked in 2007, when 105 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Akayla a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Akayla currently ranks #13,128 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.