Akela
Girl · a-KAY-la · Hindi
Akela is a girls' name of Hindi origin, meaning “alone, solitary”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Akela mean?
Hindi: Hindi akela 'alone', via Kipling's The Jungle Book
“alone, solitary”
Akela is the lone grey wolf who leads the Seeonee pack in Kipling's The Jungle Book.
- Say it
- a-KAY-la
Is Akela a girl's or a boy's name?
Akela 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 Akela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Akela, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1996, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Akela in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Akela
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