Akylah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Akylah by the numbers

Akylah was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Akylah

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

  • Aylahdoe or gazelle; hebrew origin38 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Akilahintelligent, wise24 in the US (2017)
  • Anylah91 in the US (2017)
  • Amylah23 in the US (2017)
  • Aaylah14 in the US (2017)
  • Alylah4 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Akylah

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

  • Akilaintelligent; wise28 in the US (2017)
  • Akelasolitary; alone10 in the US (2017)
  • Akeelaintelligent or wise; a form of Akila6 in the US (2017)
  • Aquilaeagle3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aquillaeagle; a form of Aquila5 in the US (2017)
  • Akeelah5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Akylah

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