girls:
746 births since 1955
#4970 (13th percentile)
boys:
131 births since 1977
#4455 (3rd percentile)
overall:
877 births since 1955
#6862 (11th percentile)
The name Aquila is the #6,862 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 877 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 11.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,970 (13.0% percentile) for all time with 746 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #4,455 (2.8% percentile) for all time with 131 births since 1977.
Aquila first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1977 for boys). Birth data for Aquila is available in 54 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (52 years for girls and 18 years for boys). 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 Aquila has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 53.8% of babies named Aquila were girls.
For girls, Aquila reached its peak popularity in 1984, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #762) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 18 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Aquila ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 22.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Aquila reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #918) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Aquila ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 36.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aquila".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Aquila. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.0% confident that Aquila is pronounced as uhk-WIH-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uhk-WEE-luh, at 28.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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