Akylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-KY-luh
- Origin
- Modern
Akylah is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Akylah come from?
Modern: spelling of Akyla; modern coinage, perhaps A- + Kyla
Meaning borrowed from Akyla.
Is Akylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Akylah is a girls' name.
How popular is Akylah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Akylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Akylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
Names like Akylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zaniyah, Aziyah, Kaliyah, Hadassah, Zaliyah, Jaliyah, Alaiyah, Kamiyah, Naziyah, Zariah, Jaziyah
Names related to Akylah
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, “Akylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/akylah, updated 20 October 2026.