Akeela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-KEE-la
- Origin
- Arabic
Akeela is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “intelligent, wise”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Akeela mean?
Arabic: spelling of Akeelah, itself a spelling of Akilah, from Aqila
“intelligent, wise”
This spelling was made familiar by the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee, about a girl competing in a national spelling bee.
Meaning borrowed from Akeelah.
Is Akeela a girl's or a boy's name?
Akeela is a girls' name.
How popular is Akeela 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 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Akeela in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akeela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
Names like Akeela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Aaliyah, Aliya, Safa, Samira, Zahara, Khadija, Amina, Aziza, Salma, Safiya, Abeeha
Names related to Akeela
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Akeela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akeela, updated 20 October 2026.