Akela

Boy · recorded 2016–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 2020best year

Most popular in 2020.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Akela.

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Its story

Popularity since 2016

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 6 recorded years as a table
Akela, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
20163
20183
20205
20213
20223
20244

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Akela isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2024
7
Rank in 2024
#9,894
How rare
1 in 246,126 boys
Since 2016
38

Akela was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2020, at 5 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Akela doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.