Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Akiva

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Replaces
Protected

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Akiva

Pronunciation

a-ki-va

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #1262, 145 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1466, 121 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1998 (rank #8012, 11 births); most recent 2023 (rank #15178, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025121–
2024116–
20231255
2022113–
2021109–
2020145–
2019798
2018836
201799–
2016945

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #1610, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1895, 13 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202513
202410
202315
202212
202114
202011
201911
20187
20179
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #2194, 12 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2545, 9 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20239
202212
20218
2020–
20195
2018–
20177
2016–
2015–
20143

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence