Given name
Akua
“born on a Wednesday”
Akua is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “born on a Wednesday.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “born on a Wednesday.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Akua through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 554
- 0 boys · 554 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,134 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −33%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,134 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,080 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.
Akua’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Akua
- Akua KuenyehiaGhanaian judgeborn 1947
- Akua DonkorGhanaian politician1952–2024
- Akua Sena DansuaGhanaian politicianborn 1958
- Akua Asabea AyisiGhanaian feminist, judge and journalist1927–2010
- Akua Sarpong-AyisaGhanaian entrepreneur
- Akua NjeriAmerican writer and activist
- Akua Anokyewaaassociation football playerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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