Aquila
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- AK-wil-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Aquila is a name of Latin origin, meaning “eagle”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Aquila mean?
Latin: Latin word, also a Roman family name
“eagle”
In the New Testament, Aquila and his wife Priscilla were tentmakers who worked alongside Saint Paul.
Is Aquila a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Aquila has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Aquila in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Aquila, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977. 6 girls were also named Aquila in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Aquila in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aquila in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Aquila
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Azaiah, Hamza, Asaiah, Mustafa, Khaza, Abdullah, Muhammad, Aziel, Azariah, Azai, Amias
Names related to Aquila
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Aquila: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aquila, updated 20 October 2026.