Akol

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Akol by the numbers

Akol was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Akol

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 Akol. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Akilintelligent; wise; reasonable44 in the US (2017)
  • Amolpriceless; invaluable5 in the US (2017)
  • Akaltimeless3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Akon5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Akol

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

  • Akaaltimeless or deathless56 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Akhilwhole; complete; entire43 in the US (2017)
  • Aakilintelligent, wise9 in the US (2017)
  • Aqeelwise; intelligent7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aqilintelligent or wise6 in the US (2017)
  • Aquileagle; a form of Aquila5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Akol

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