girl's name

Akylah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 201

Akylah is a girl's name. In 2023 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 17 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1997.

Akylah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

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Births named Akylah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 11
2000s 76
2010s 99
2020s (to 2023) 15

How popular is Akylah?

In 2023, Akylah was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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 Akylah

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

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Sibling names for Akylah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Akylah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Akylah

How popular is the name Akylah?

In 2023, Akylah was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Akylah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Akylah most popular?

Akylah peaked in 2006, when 17 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.