Akilah is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1993 and has since faded.
Akilah is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #9,475 for girl births in the United States (and #16,104 across all names), given to 10 babies. Akilah first appears in 1972 and peaked in 1993 (115 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #9,475 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | #7,985 |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #7,651 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | #4,913 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | #4,615 |
| 2020 | 29 | 29 | #4,549 |
| 2019 | 21 | 21 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 27 | 27 | #4,895 |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #5,348 |
| 2016 | 39 | 39 | #3,854 |
| 2015 | 20 | 20 | #6,245 |
| 2014 | 20 | 20 | #6,217 |
| 2013 | 38 | 38 | #3,921 |
| 2012 | 31 | 31 | #4,604 |
| 2011 | 37 | 37 | #3,999 |
| 2010 | 39 | 39 | #3,889 |
| 2009 | 32 | 32 | #4,576 |
| 2008 | 42 | 42 | #3,782 |
| 2007 | 55 | 55 | #3,129 |
| 2006 | 80 | 80 | #2,354 |
| 2005 | 59 | 59 | #2,789 |
| 2004 | 48 | 48 | #3,180 |
| 2003 | 55 | 55 | #2,800 |
| 2002 | 68 | 68 | #2,352 |
| 2001 | 54 | 54 | #2,741 |
| 2000 | 52 | 52 | #2,778 |
| 1999 | 65 | 65 | #2,284 |
| 1998 | 61 | 61 | #2,307 |
| 1997 | 97 | — | #1,624 |
| 1996 | 114 | — | #1,438 |
| 1995 | 88 | — | #1,670 |
| 1994 | 80 | — | #1,798 |
| 1993 | 115 | — | #1,411 |
| 1992 | 97 | — | #1,588 |
| 1991 | 92 | — | #1,628 |
| 1990 | 65 | — | #2,053 |
| 1989 | 63 | — | #1,998 |
| 1988 | 62 | — | #1,952 |
| 1987 | 61 | — | #1,880 |
| 1986 | 58 | — | #1,910 |
| 1985 | 47 | — | #2,204 |
| 1984 | 46 | — | #2,150 |
| 1983 | 75 | — | #1,512 |
| 1982 | 83 | — | #1,445 |
| 1981 | 78 | — | #1,528 |
| 1980 | 95 | — | #1,328 |
| 1979 | 95 | — | #1,314 |
| 1978 | 93 | — | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 86 | — | #1,331 |
| 1976 | 74 | — | #1,422 |
| 1975 | 60 | — | #1,626 |
| 1974 | 58 | — | #1,616 |
| 1973 | 29 | — | #2,507 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | #4,525 |