Akilan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-kih-lan
Akilan is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Akilan mean?
Tamil name, related to Sanskrit akhila 'entire, the whole world'
Akilan was the pen name of the 20th-century Tamil novelist P. V. Akilandam.
Is Akilan a girl's or a boy's name?
Akilan is a boys' name.
How popular is Akilan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Akilan in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akilan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Akilan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azaiah, Asaiah, Abdulrahman, Abdurrahman, Azai, Zayan, Abubakr, Abdirahman, Izan, Azir, Yazan, Zohan
Names related to Akilan
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, “Akilan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akilan, updated 20 October 2026.