Akeyla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-KAY-lah
- Origin
- Modern
Akeyla is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Akeyla come from?
Modern: variant of Akeila or Akeelah
Is Akeyla a girl's or a boy's name?
Akeyla is a girls' name.
How popular is Akeyla in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Akeyla in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akeyla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
Names like Akeyla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Aaliyah Ayla Aliya Kaliyah Makayla Samira Amaya Amina Alaina Zaniyah Jaliyah
Names related to Akeyla
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, “Akeyla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akeyla, updated 20 October 2026.