Akilles
Borgå Akilles, or more commonly just Akilles, is a bilingual Finnish sports club from the city of Porvoo. Akilles, named for Achilles in ancient Greek mythology, was founded in 1902 and is one of the oldest active football clubs in Finland.
Meaning & Origin of Akilles
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Borgå Akilles, or more commonly just Akilles, is a bilingual Finnish sports club from the city of Porvoo. Akilles, named for Achilles in ancient Greek mythology, was founded in 1902 and is one of the oldest active football clubs in Finland.
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The Story of Akilles
The earliest SSA record of Akilles as a baby boy name dates back to 2005, when 8 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Akilles — #7,427 in the national rankings. About 67% of every Akilles on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Akilles last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 54 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Akilles
Akilles is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2005 and has accumulated 54 births in the dataset. Akilles's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #7,427. Use the chart and map above to compare Akilles's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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