Akeila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-KEE-lah
- Origin
- Arabic
Akeila is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “intelligent, wise”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Akeila mean?
Arabic: variant of Akila or Aqila
“intelligent, wise”
Related to Aqila, the feminine of the Arabic Aqil 'intelligent'.
Is Akeila a girl's or a boy's name?
Akeila is a girls' name.
How popular is Akeila in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Akeila in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akeila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
Names like Akeila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Layla Makayla Amina Alani Aaliyah Kiara Aisha Aliya Mckenna Samira Alaina
Names related to Akeila
More Arabic names
Muhammad Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Safa Liyana
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, “Akeila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akeila, updated 20 October 2026.