Akilah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Akilah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Akilah: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,659 in 2014, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
21times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2659highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#3824
2000	#3247
2003	#4373
2004	#3197
2006	#5061
2007	#3667
2008	#3860
2009	#3422
2011	#5785
2013	#5742
2014	#2659
2015	#4103
2016	#5785
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2020	#3899
2021	#5581
2022	#5669
2023	#5687
2024	#5891

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 21 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2659 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Akilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Akilah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	31	7 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	32	7 of 10	5
2020s	17	5 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Akilah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2659 in England and Wales in 2014.

Akilah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,659, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2014Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lamia · #2659, 21y
Phaedra · #2659, 20y
Rhion · #2660, 16y
Callia · #2673, 17y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Lamia · #2659, 21y
Phaedra · #2659, 20y
Milen · #2660, 12y
Rhion · #2660, 16y

Akilah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Akilah without appearing here.

Akilah moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #4684.
Gail Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3667 and #3667 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3860 and #5545.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #5666.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #5765.

Moved ahead of Akilah

Eabha Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2659 and #3514 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4103 and #2070.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2683 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1958.
Arlo Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4103 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.
Carter Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2659 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #4096.

Moved the opposite way to Akilah

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akilah went from #2683 to #5891 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akilah went from #2683 to #5891 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akilah went from #2683 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akilah went from #2683 to #5891 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Akilah

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akilah went from #2683 to #5891 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akilah went from #2683 to #5891 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akilah went from #2683 to #5891 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Akilah went from #2683 to #5891 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2659 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Akilah

Akilah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Akilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Akilah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Akilah at a glance

Akilah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Akilah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Akilah and the names beside it

Akilah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Akilah

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