Akua

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Akua: Recorded since 1997, it reached #2,167 in 2000, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#2167highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1999	#3900
2000	#2167
2001	#2226
2002	#3409
2003	#2436
2004	#4598
2005	#2970
2006	#2509
2007	#2233
2008	#4524
2009	#4564
2010	#2392
2012	#3285
2013	#4050
2016	#4763
2017	#3583
2020	#2843
2021	#3961
2022	#4645
2023	#3218
2024	#2771

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

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #2167 among girls in England and Wales, in 2000 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Akua 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 Akua in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	6	2 of 10	3
2000s	60	10 of 10	6
2010s	32	5 of 10	6
2020sbusiest	33	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

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

Akua 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2167 in England and Wales in 2000.

Akua'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	#2771	9	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3218	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2970	6	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2436	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,167, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 5 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 →
12 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2007Under 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.

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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.

Amaarah · #2167, 26y
Billie-Jean · #2167, 18y
Lyric · #2167, 20y
Gurkirat · #2165, 20y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Amaarah · #2167, 26y
Billie-Jean · #2167, 18y
Bridey · #2167, 16y
Lyric · #2167, 20y

Akua 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 Akua without appearing here.

Akua moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3583 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4763 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Lynette Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Akua

Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4050 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2706.
Harper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2436 and #4373 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #3725.
Marilyn Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2392 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3285 and #2521.

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2167 in England and Wales in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Akua

Akua at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Akua by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Akua appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Akua and the names beside it

Akua moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Akua

Akua at a glance

Akua by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Akua appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Akua and the names beside it

Akua moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Akua