boys:
2.1k births since 1970
#2747 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1970
#5690 (26th percentile)
The name Akil is the #5,690 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,092 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 26.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,747 (40.1% percentile) for all time with 2,092 births since 1970.
Akil first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for boys in 1970).
For boys, Akil reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 9.9% percentile (ranked #699) with 40 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 40 births per million (ranked 9.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Akil ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 29.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Akil".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Akil. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.6% confident that Akil is pronounced as uh-KEEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-KEEL, at 15.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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