Akiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-KEE-yuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Akiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Akiyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Akiya, itself a variant of Akia, A- added to Kiya
Meaning borrowed from Akiya.
Is Akiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Akiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Akiyah, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the girls named Akiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 21 | #5,795 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
Nicknames for Akiyah
- Kiya 4 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Akiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zaniyah Aziyah Kaliyah Jaliyah Zaliyah Kamiyah Naziyah Hadassah Alaiyah Jaziyah Zamiyah
Names related to Akiyah
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, “Akiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akiyah, updated 20 October 2026.