Akaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-KY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Akaya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Akaya come from?
Modern: modern coinage, A- added to Kaya
Is Akaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Akaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Akaya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Akaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
Nicknames for Akaya
- Kaya 51 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Akaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya Araya Amaya Avaya Amya Aaliyah Janiyah Aya Alaya Kaliyah Anahi Amira
Names related to Akaya
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, “Akaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akaya, updated 20 October 2026.