Akiva is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2020 and remains in steady use.
Akiva is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,466 for boy births in the United States (and #3,107 across all names), given to 121 babies. Akiva first appears in 1961 and peaked in 2020 (145 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,466 |
| 2024 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 131 | 131 | #15,282 | #1,440 |
| 2022 | 113 | 113 | — | #1,566 |
| 2021 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,583 |
| 2020 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,263 |
| 2019 | 87 | 87 | #11,401 | #1,887 |
| 2018 | 89 | 89 | #13,872 | #1,823 |
| 2017 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,612 |
| 2016 | 99 | 99 | #16,336 | #1,676 |
| 2015 | 71 | 71 | — | #2,020 |
| 2014 | 87 | 87 | — | #1,730 |
| 2013 | 102 | 102 | #12,022 | #1,626 |
| 2012 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,891 |
| 2011 | 82 | 82 | #12,208 | #1,886 |
| 2010 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,851 |
| 2009 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,839 |
| 2008 | 95 | 95 | #12,618 | #1,736 |
| 2007 | 66 | 66 | #13,991 | #2,235 |
| 2006 | 57 | 57 | #15,208 | #2,403 |
| 2005 | 77 | 77 | #14,563 | #1,813 |
| 2004 | 56 | 56 | #16,196 | #2,240 |
| 2003 | 51 | 51 | #13,912 | #2,350 |
| 2002 | 51 | 51 | #11,151 | #2,373 |
| 2001 | 57 | 57 | — | #1,912 |
| 2000 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,425 |
| 1999 | 55 | 55 | #11,423 | #1,997 |
| 1998 | 48 | 48 | #8,024 | #2,349 |
| 1997 | 53 | — | #10,875 | #1,965 |
| 1996 | 45 | — | #8,832 | #2,254 |
| 1995 | 41 | — | #8,094 | #2,444 |
| 1994 | 28 | — | — | #2,619 |
| 1993 | 31 | — | — | #2,399 |
| 1992 | 24 | — | — | #2,834 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | — | #2,546 |
| 1990 | 21 | — | — | #2,954 |
| 1989 | 21 | — | — | #2,907 |
| 1988 | 21 | — | — | #2,683 |
| 1987 | 18 | — | — | #2,838 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | — | #3,133 |
| 1985 | 20 | — | — | #2,506 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | — | #2,531 |
| 1983 | 16 | — | — | #2,788 |
| 1982 | 12 | — | — | #3,485 |
| 1981 | 13 | — | — | #3,222 |
| 1980 | 22 | — | — | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | — | #3,172 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | — | #2,473 |
| 1977 | 13 | — | — | #3,040 |
| 1976 | 12 | — | — | #3,096 |
| 1975 | 14 | — | — | #2,754 |
| 1974 | 9 | — | — | #3,560 |
| 1973 | 38 | — | #6,087 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | — | #3,347 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | — | #3,970 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #3,945 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | — | #4,069 |