Akyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-kya
- Origin
- Modern
Akyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Akyah come from?
Modern: spelling of Akya; American coinage, perhaps Kya with an A- prefix
Meaning borrowed from Akya.
Is Akyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Akyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Akyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Akyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
Names like Akyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zaniyah Aziyah Kaliyah Zaliyah Jaliyah Alaiyah Safa Zainab Naziyah Kamiyah Hadassah
Names related to Akyah
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, “Akyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akyah, updated 20 October 2026.