Akia

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Akia by the numbers

Akia was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 81 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Akia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Akia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
  • Akirabright or clear273 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Akia

Names that are said the same way as Akia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Akuaborn on wednesday10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aquawater6 in the US (2017)
  • Akaay18 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Akiah6 in the US (2017)
  • Akaya5 in the US (2017)
  • Akoya5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Akia

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