Akaiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-KY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Akaiya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Akaiya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, A- added to Kaiya
Is Akaiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Akaiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Akaiya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Akaiya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akaiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Nicknames for Akaiya
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Akaiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Amira, Amaya, Jaliyah, Aziyah, Amoura, Alaya, Araya, Kamiyah, Aliya
Names related to Akaiya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Akaiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akaiya, updated 20 October 2026.