Akila
Girl · ah-KEE-lah · Arabic
Akila is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “intelligent, wise”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Akila mean?
Arabic: spelling of Akilah; from Aqila, feminine of Aqil
“intelligent, wise”
Spelled Akeelah, it is the name of the young speller in the 2006 film Akeelah and the Bee.
- Say it
- ah-KEE-lah
Meaning borrowed from Akilah.
Is Akila a girl's or a boy's name?
Akila is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akila in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 5 girls.
Akila in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Akila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Akila, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Akila in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akila in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Akila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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