Aquilla

Last seen for girls in 2018 at #13,793 · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #12,246
Given to girls 89.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
1889 · 5 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
986
since 1889

Aquilla over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #1,279, 1889peak #1,440, 1909girlsboys
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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
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2019——
2018#13,7936—
2017—#12,2465
2016——
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2012——
2011——
2010——
2009——
2008——
2007——
2006—#12,0555
2005#16,4625—
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2000#13,1546—
1999#11,3857—
1998#14,1225—
1997#6,48314—
1996#7,13012—
1995#8,7669—
1994#6,31914—
1993#7,03812—
1992#5,71816—
1991#5,94915—
1990#5,28617—
1989#5,83614—
1988#5,59814—
1987#5,61313—
1986#3,75722—
1985#4,63516—
1984#3,72621—
1983#4,28617—
1982#4,34717—
1981#4,00519—
1980#4,51716—
1979#3,66821—
1978#4,93113#5,7725
1977#6,3409—
1976#6,6118—
1975#5,51610—
1974#4,22714—
1973#5,19110—
1972#5,10910—
1971#8,3245#4,9075
1970#7,0706#4,2306
1969#5,0579—
1968#5,6427#3,3657
1967#6,8045—
1966#5,2737—
1965——
1964#3,87912—
1963#3,80112—
1962#3,59213—
1961#4,23910—
1960#4,4379—
1959#5,5666—
1958#3,37913—
1957#4,5368—
1956#5,3256—
1955#3,77810—
1954#3,9679—
1953#3,68710—
1952#3,37211—
1951#3,48210—
1950#2,78114—
1949#5,2445—
1948#2,58915#3,6685
1947#2,53016—
1946#3,21710—
1945#3,6767—
1944#2,51113—
1943#3,2499—
1942#3,7387—
1941#4,4205#3,5055
1940#4,3495—
1939#4,2505—
1938#2,57911#3,5345
1937#3,8006—
1936#2,26313—
1935#2,43912—
1934#2,74110—
1933#2,8689—
1932#2,49012—
1931#3,8486#3,3906
1930#4,5505—
1929#2,58712—
1928#2,76811#3,6976
1927#2,69912—
1926#2,87211—
1925#3,11610#3,4087
1924#2,80912#3,0239
1923#3,12510#3,8226
1922#3,15210—
1921#2,76212—
1920#3,5988#3,4897
1919#1,92119#3,3917
1918#3,2449#2,8829
1917#4,5945—
1916#3,5527—
1915#2,14314#3,8255
1914—#2,9156
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1912#2,1448—
1911——
1910——
1909#2,2085#1,4405
1908——
1907#1,8216—
1906#1,9515—
1905#1,9315—
1904#1,8775—
1903#1,7925—
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1893#1,4375—
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1889#1,2795—
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Aquilla! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Aquilla is popular in 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Aquilla
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1889 at #1,279 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr 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 35,673
  • Highest: 1 in 35,673 girls born in 1889 were named Aquilla (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 283,512 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 17.1% of all girls named Aquilla (169) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2018
  • Mostly boys until 2017, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s5#1,437 (1893)#1,437
1900s31#1,792 (1903)#1,930
1910s62#1,921 (1919)#2,933
1920s108#2,587 (1929)#2,949
1930s89#2,263 (1936)#3,183
1940s92#2,511 (1944)#3,552
1950s97#2,781 (1950)#3,987
1960s84#3,592 (1962)#4,747
1970s106#3,668 (1979)#5,699
1980s169#3,726 (1984)#4,632
1990s121#5,286 (1990)#7,820
2000s11#13,154 (2000)#14,808
2010s6#13,793 (2018)#13,793

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.

Aquilla in 1889

girls
#1,279
5 births · 1 in 35,673 girls

Top girls' names in 1889

  1. #1Mary11,648
  2. #2Anna5,062
  3. #3Elizabeth3,058
  4. #4Margaret2,917
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Minnie2,624
  7. #7Florence2,465
  8. #8Ethel2,463
  9. #9Bessie2,343
  10. #10Clara2,319
  11. #1,279Aquilla5
More about 1889

girls

178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 35,673 of them was named Aquilla, which outranked 13.5% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aquilla
  1. #1,147Weltha6
  2. #1,147Will6
  3. #1,147Zaida6
  4. #1,279Aquilla5
  5. #1,279Adelaida5
  6. #1,279Aileene5
  7. #1,279Ala5

Tied with 200 names at #1,279; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 635Hellen#1,276 → #641
  2. ↑ 569Diana#1,136 → #567
  3. ↑ 536Hope#1,136 → #600
  4. ↑ 519Adelle#1,276 → #757
  5. ↑ 519Ova#1,276 → #757
Fallers
  1. ↓ 667Zilpha#612 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 643Lular#636 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 616Dagmar#663 → #1,279
  4. ↓ 589Savanah#690 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 555Harry#724 → #1,279

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

See the top 100 for 1889 →