# Akil (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/akil/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,147 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,147 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 146, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 3,512 |
| 2012 | 27 | 3,808 |
| 2013 | 28 | 3,664 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,899 |
| 2015 | 32 | 3,433 |
| 2016 | 29 | 3,683 |
| 2017 | 45 | 2,717 |
| 2018 | 31 | 3,531 |
| 2019 | 42 | 2,900 |
| 2020 | 29 | 3,654 |
| 2021 | 33 | 3,427 |
| 2022 | 21 | 4,706 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,459 |
| 2024 | 37 | 3,218 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,405 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## People named Akil

- Akil Mitchell, American basketball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.