Akosua
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-KOH-swah
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Akosua is a girls' name of Akan origin, meaning “born on Sunday”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Akosua mean?
Akan: Akan day name from Ghana
“born on Sunday”
An Akan day name for a girl born on a Sunday; the boys' equivalent is Kwasi.
Is Akosua a girl's or a boy's name?
Akosua is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akosua in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Akosua, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Akosua of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Akosua in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Akosua in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Akosua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Akosua, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2003, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Akosua in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akosua in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Akosua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota Akua Kiki Yumna Suki Yuna Minha Rumi Mika Kiyomi Miri Kyomi
Names related to Akosua
More Akan names
Nana Mansa Ashanti Kofi Kwame Ohemaa Obrempong Ama Kwabena Kwaku Nhyira Abena Kwadwo Adom Yaa Maame
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Akosua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akosua, updated 20 October 2026.