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Akiva

Rank in 2024
#1,524
Born in 2024
116
Peak year
2020 · #1269
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 116 boys were named Akiva, about 1 in every 14,787.
  • It peaked in 2020 with 145 babies, ranked #1269.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1961.
  • 2,668 boys have been named Akiva since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Akiva per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. 0
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 153 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 353 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 942 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,215 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Hebrew עֲקִיבָא (akíva), from Aramaic עֲקִיבָא (ʿăqīḇā).

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Akiva, CC BY-SA 4.0.