Akayla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-KAY-lah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Akayla is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Akayla come from?
Modern: A- added to Kayla
Is Akayla a girl's or a boy's name?
Akayla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akayla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Akayla, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 105 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had fewer girls named Akayla than any year since 1991.
Half of all the girls named Akayla in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akayla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 38 | #3,916 |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,418 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 58 | #2,937 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,397 |
| 2007 | 105 | #1,957 |
| 2006 | 104 | #1,933 |
| 2005 | 82 | #2,224 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 64 | #2,434 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,065 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
Nicknames for Akayla
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Akayla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Amira Kaliyah Aliya Zaniyah Ayla Samira Jaliyah Safa Amaya Alaya Zahara
Names related to Akayla
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, “Akayla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akayla, updated 20 October 2026.