Akia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-KEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Akia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Akia come from?
Modern: A- added to Kia
Is Akia a girl's or a boy's name?
Akia is a girls' name.
How popular is Akia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Akia in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 34 | #3,806 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,340 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,880 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,980 |
| 1996 | 70 | #1,992 |
| 1995 | 64 | #2,096 |
| 1994 | 61 | #2,183 |
| 1993 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,439 |
| 1984 | 45 | #2,191 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,155 |
| 1982 | 57 | #1,873 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,447 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,246 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
Nicknames for Akia
Names like Akia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aliya, Amira, Summer, Samira, Safiya, Amia, Safia, Aziza, Zaira, Aziyah, Hadassah
Names related to Akia
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, “Akia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akia, updated 20 October 2026.