Akili was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Akili as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#9,714 (7)
2024
#9,894 (7)
2023
#12,239 (5)
2022
#8,990 (8)
2020
#8,067 (9)
2019
#10,803 (6)
2018
#7,136 (11)
2017
#8,140 (9)
2016
#9,664 (7)
2015
#8,744 (8)
2013
#7,537 (10)
2012
#12,274 (5)
2010
#8,803 (8)
2009
#8,310 (9)
2008
#12,553 (5)
Akili as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2022
#13,592 (6)
2021
#12,206 (7)
2019
#13,799 (6)
2016
#10,113 (10)
2014
#14,558 (6)
2013
#13,150 (7)
2012
#9,711 (11)
2011
#9,150 (12)
2010
#11,246 (9)
2009
#12,429 (8)
2008
#10,807 (10)
2007
#8,520 (14)
2006
#9,901 (11)
2005
#13,010 (7)
2004
#9,892 (10)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1999 at #3,103.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1972.
In 2022, 43% of US babies named Akili were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.