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Akiva: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 121 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,263 in 2020.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,263 in 2020; #1,466 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Akiva in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,466 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2020, at #1,263.
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Akiva: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 121 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,263 in 2020 · most boys in one year: 145 (2020).
In 2025, 121 US boys were named Akiva, making it the 1,466th most common boys’ name of the year, up 28 places from #1,494 in 2024. That is 1 more than the 120 boys named Akiva in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,263, reached in 2020. That year also had the most boys given the name: 145. For comparison, it was #2,020 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Akiva in 57 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1961 with 5 babies. In all, 2,932 US babies have been given the name, 4.7% of them girls and 95% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 870 babies named Akiva.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,089 US boys were named Akiva; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 145. In 2025 that was about 1 in 14,116 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Akiva ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #305 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 28 | #305 | #344 |
| New York | 48 | #367 | #608 |
| Maryland | 9 | #519 | #710 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,136 | — |
| California | 5 | #2,483 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 121 | #1,466 |
| 2024 | — | — | 120 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,282 | 126 | #1,440 |
| 2022 | — | — | 113 | #1,566 |
| 2021 | — | — | 109 | #1,583 |
| 2020 | — | — | 145 | #1,263 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,401 | 79 | #1,887 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,872 | 83 | #1,823 |
| 2017 | — | — | 99 | #1,612 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,336 | 94 | #1,676 |
| 2015 | — | — | 71 | #2,020 |
| 2014 | — | — | 87 | #1,730 |
| 2013 | 8 | #12,022 | 94 | #1,626 |
| 2012 | — | — | 76 | #1,891 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,208 | 74 | #1,886 |
| 2010 | — | — | 78 | #1,851 |
| 2009 | — | — | 80 | #1,839 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,618 | 87 | #1,736 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,991 | 59 | #2,235 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,208 | 51 | #2,403 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,563 | 71 | #1,813 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,196 | 51 | #2,240 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,912 | 45 | #2,350 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,151 | 43 | #2,373 |
| 2001 | — | — | 57 | #1,912 |
| 2000 | — | — | 39 | #2,425 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,423 | 48 | #1,997 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,024 | 37 | #2,349 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,875 | 46 | #1,965 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,832 | 36 | #2,254 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,094 | 31 | #2,444 |
| 1994 | — | — | 28 | #2,619 |
| 1993 | — | — | 31 | #2,399 |
| 1992 | — | — | 24 | #2,834 |
| 1991 | — | — | 27 | #2,546 |
| 1990 | — | — | 21 | #2,954 |
| 1989 | — | — | 21 | #2,907 |
| 1988 | — | — | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1987 | — | — | 18 | #2,838 |
| 1986 | — | — | 15 | #3,133 |
| 1985 | — | — | 20 | #2,506 |
| 1984 | — | — | 19 | #2,531 |
| 1983 | — | — | 16 | #2,788 |
| 1982 | — | — | 12 | #3,485 |
| 1981 | — | — | 13 | #3,222 |
| 1980 | — | — | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | — | — | 13 | #3,172 |
| 1978 | — | — | 18 | #2,473 |
| 1977 | — | — | 13 | #3,040 |
| 1976 | — | — | 12 | #3,096 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,754 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,560 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,087 | 30 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | — | — | 9 | #3,347 |
| 1971 | — | — | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1969 | — | — | 6 | #3,945 |
| 1961 | — | — | 5 | #4,069 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).