Given name
Akeylah
“one who is noble”
Akeylah is a variant of Akela. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is noble.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Akeylah is a variant of Akela. One Hawaiian interpretation is “one who is noble.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Akeylah is a variant of Akela. An origin associated with Akela is Hawaiian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akeylah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 140
- 0 boys · 140 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 138 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Akeylah’s family of names
Akeylah has a related form in Akela.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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