NameTides

Akiva

Akiva was the #1,466 boys' name in the US in 2025 (121 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales.

Akiva as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Akiva as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Akiva as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,466 (121)#1,897 (13)—
2024#1,494 (120)#2,264 (10)#2,710 (6)
2023#1,440 (126)#1,610 (15)—
2022#1,566 (113)#1,880 (12)—
2021#1,583 (109)#1,688 (14)#2,491 (6)
2020#1,262 (145)#1,935 (11)—
2019#1,886 (79)#1,986 (11)#2,756 (5)
2018#1,823 (83)#2,693 (7)—
2017#1,612 (99)#2,324 (9)#2,439 (6)
2016#1,675 (94)#4,023 (4)#2,718 (5)
2015#2,019 (71)#2,150 (10)#2,715 (5)
2014#1,730 (87)#1,819 (12)#2,371 (6)
2013#1,624 (94)#2,216 (9)—
2012#1,891 (76)#2,270 (9)—
2011#1,886 (74)#2,613 (7)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,262.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1961.

How common is it?

about 1 in 14,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Akiva is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 13,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Akiva by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #367NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #305NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #516MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Akiva (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AkivaCanadaBoys—too few
AkivaEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
AkivaUSGirls—too few
AkivaUSBoys#1,466121