Akela

Primarily a girl's name · 94% girls

Akela first appears in the U.S. data in 1975 and has been recorded in 48 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 27 babies (rank #3,944 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.
651
Total babies (all years)
48
Years in the data
27
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19755#9,078
19779#6,351
19786#8,577
197912#5,432
198011#5,919
19819#6,808
198214#4,948
19839#6,718
19849#6,819
19857#8,334
198613#5,461
198710#6,796
198811#6,675
19899#8,049
199020#4,698
199120#4,812
199219#5,057
199324#4,257
199426#4,016
199518#5,223
199627#3,944
199716#5,877
199815#6,374
199912#7,734
200019#5,707
200118#6,078
200218#6,136
200314#7,590
200417#6,778
200517#6,825
200623#5,716
200715#8,109
20088#12,614
200910#10,707
20107#13,499
20119#11,213
20128#12,242
20138#12,015
20149#11,005
201511#9,503
20169#10,900
201710#9,973
201813#8,167
20197#12,505
202012#8,420
20217#12,249
20227#12,284
20236#13,518