Akaylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-KAY-lah
- Origin
- Modern
Akaylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Akaylah come from?
Modern: spelling of Akayla; A- added to Kayla
Meaning borrowed from Akayla.
Is Akaylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Akaylah is a girls' name.
How popular is Akaylah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Akaylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akaylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Nicknames for Akaylah
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Akaylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Aziyah, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Jaliyah, Alaiyah, Zaliyah, Aziah, Kamiyah, Naziyah, Jaziyah
Names related to Akaylah
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, “Akaylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akaylah, updated 20 October 2026.