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How popular is “Akilah” in the USA?

Number of people named “Akilah” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Akilah” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Akilah” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Akilah” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Akilah” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Akilah” by birth year

This chart shows how “Akilah” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1972 12 0.000003818 12 100%
1973 29 0.000009613 29 100%
1974 58 0.000019079 58 100%
1975 60 0.000019872 60 100%
1976 74 0.000024388 74 100%
1977 86 0.000027074 86 100%
1978 93 0.000029302 93 100%
1979 95 0.000028554 95 100%
1980 95 0.00002758 95 100%
1981 78 0.000022547 78 100%
1982 83 0.00002366 83 100%
1983 75 0.000021655 75 100%
1984 46 0.000013185 46 100%
1985 47 0.000013169 47 100%
1986 58 0.000016306 58 100%
1987 61 0.000016918 61 100%
1988 62 0.000016779 62 100%
1989 63 0.000016387 63 100%
1990 65 0.000016445 65 100%
1991 92 0.000023618 92 100%
1992 97 0.000025252 97 100%
1993 115 0.000030502 115 100%
1994 80 0.000021519 80 100%
1995 88 0.00002403 88 100%
1996 114 0.000031257 114 100%
1997 97 0.000026753 97 100%
1998 61 0.000016584 61 100%
1999 65 0.000017597 65 100%
2000 52 0.000013757 52 100%
2001 54 0.000014425 54 100%
2002 68 0.00001819 68 100%
2003 55 0.000014465 55 100%
2004 48 0.000012562 48 100%
2005 59 0.000015345 59 100%
2006 80 0.000020221 80 100%
2007 55 0.000013758 55 100%
2008 42 0.000010685 42 100%
2009 32 0.000008377 32 100%
2010 39 0.000010553 39 100%
2011 37 0.000010115 37 100%
2012 31 0.000008476 31 100%
2013 38 0.000010423 38 100%
2014 20 0.000005396 20 100%
2015 20 0.000005404 20 100%
2016 39 0.00001063 39 100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 100%
2018 27 0.000007679 27 100%
2019 21 0.00000605 21 100%
2020 29 0.000008681 29 100%
2021 29 0.00000856 29 100%
2022 27 0.000007981 27 100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 100%
2024 13 0.000003906 13 100%

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