girls:
253 births since 1992
#5463 (4th percentile)
boys:
447 births since 1972
#4139 (10th percentile)
overall:
700 births since 1972
#7039 (9th percentile)
The name Akili is the #7,039 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 700 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 9.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,139 (9.7% percentile) for all time with 447 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,463 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 253 births since 1992.
Akili first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Akili is available in 47 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023 (44 years for boys and 27 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Akili has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (63.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Akili were boys.
For boys, Akili reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #784) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Akili ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 21.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Akili reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #886) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Akili".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Akili. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 71.8% confident that Akili is pronounced as uh-KEE-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-kih-lee, at 10.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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