Akua
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-kwa
- Origin
- Akan
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Akua is a girls' name of Akan origin, meaning “born on Wednesday”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Akua mean?
Akan: Akan day name
“born on Wednesday”
Akan day name for a girl born on Wednesday; a Wednesday-born boy is Kwaku.
Is Akua a girl's or a boy's name?
Akua is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Akua in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 238% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Akua, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 10 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Akua than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Akua in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Akua in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Akua in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Akua, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Akua in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akua in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
Names like Akua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Akosua Dakota Kiki Yumna Suki Yuna Mika Minha Rumi Miri Remi Arzoi
Names related to Akua
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, “Akua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akua, updated 20 October 2026.