# Akiva (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/akiva/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Akiba |
| US babies named this | 2,932 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,794 / 138 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 252, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew עֲקִיבָא (akíva), from Aramaic עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā).

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 11 | 8,024 |
| 1999 | 7 | 11,423 |
| 2002 | 8 | 11,151 |
| 2003 | 6 | 13,912 |
| 2004 | 5 | 16,196 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14,563 |
| 2006 | 6 | 15,208 |
| 2007 | 7 | 13,991 |
| 2008 | 8 | 12,618 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12,208 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,022 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,336 |
| 2018 | 6 | 13,872 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,401 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,282 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 74 | 1,886 |
| 2012 | 76 | 1,891 |
| 2013 | 94 | 1,626 |
| 2014 | 87 | 1,730 |
| 2015 | 71 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 94 | 1,676 |
| 2017 | 99 | 1,612 |
| 2018 | 83 | 1,823 |
| 2019 | 79 | 1,887 |
| 2020 | 145 | 1,263 |
| 2021 | 109 | 1,583 |
| 2022 | 113 | 1,566 |
| 2023 | 126 | 1,440 |
| 2024 | 120 | 1,494 |
| 2025 | 121 | 1,466 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 11 | 1,986 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,688 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Akiva

- Akiva Goldsman, American film producer
- Akiva Schaffer, American comedy writer, actor and film director

## 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.