Akhila
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-ki-la
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Akhila is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “complete, whole”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Akhila mean?
Sanskrit: from akhila 'whole'
“complete, whole”
The masculine Akhil and the title Akhilesh, 'lord of all', share the same Sanskrit root.
Is Akhila a girl's or a boy's name?
Akhila is a girls' name.
How popular is Akhila in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Akhila in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akhila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,062 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Akhila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Aaliyah Amaya Anaya Aliya Samira Asha Alaysha Sahana Safa Aiyana Zahara
Names related to Akhila
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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, “Akhila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akhila, updated 20 October 2026.