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
#1,873
1982 · 57 births
Debut · girls
1974
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #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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2023#15,1945—
2022#15,3065—
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2019#13,7996—
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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—
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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
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1992#2,57648#4,87211
1991#3,09736—
1990#3,15635—
1989#3,78426#7,9055
1988#3,22530—
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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.

Where Akia is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedALGeorgia: #1,274 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,612 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Akia, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#1,274 · 1 in 9,612

Best ever in a state: #277 in Mississippi, 1995.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
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 2000

girls
#3,808
33 births · 1 in 55,031 girls
boys
#7,416
8 births · 1 in 245,500 boys

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #3,808Akia33

Top boys' names in 2000

  1. #1Jacob34,492
  2. #2Michael32,045
  3. #3Matthew28,580
  4. #4Joshua27,543
  5. #5Christopher24,936
  6. #6Nicholas24,653
  7. #7Andrew23,658
  8. #8Joseph22,844
  9. #9Daniel22,338
  10. #10Tyler21,506
  11. #7,416Akia8
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 55,031 of them was named Akia, which outranked 78.4% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Akia
  1. #3,738Tiesha34
  2. #3,738Tonia34
  3. #3,738Vickie34
  4. #3,808Akia33
  5. #3,808Aarushi33
  6. #3,808Adalyn33
  7. #3,808Aleeyah33
  8. #3,886Aaliya32
  9. #3,886Alura32
  10. #3,886Alyiah32

Tied with 77 names at #3,808; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

boys

1,964,001 boys got a published name in 2000; 1 in 245,500 of them was named Akia, which outranked 38.8% of the 12,119 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Akia
  1. #6,839Zevin9
  2. #6,839Ziyon9
  3. #6,839Zoran9
  4. #7,416Akia8
  5. #7,416Abdelaziz8
  6. #7,416Abdinasir8
  7. #7,416Abelino8
  8. #8,209Aaran7
  9. #8,209Aasin7
  10. #8,209Abdirizak7

Tied with 792 names at #7,416; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,806Maximus#5,656 → #850
  2. ↑ 2,950Elian#3,376 → #426
  3. ↑ 438Axel#799 → #361
  4. ↑ 437Luca#1,063 → #626
  5. ↑ 403Jevon#1,039 → #636
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,334Trajan#996 → #2,330
  2. ↓ 498Jordi#743 → #1,241
  3. ↓ 322Auston#931 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 298Tyreke#737 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 274Tahj#863 → #1,137

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →