Aqila
Aqila is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Aqila
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aqila is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Aqila
American parents first put Aqila on the record books as a baby girl name in 1973, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1973, when 7 Aqilas were born — ranking #6,667 that year. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 58% of all recorded Aqilas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1982 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 12 Aqilas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Aqila
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About the name Aqila
Aqila is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1973 and has accumulated 12 births in the dataset. Aqila's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #6,667. Use the chart and map above to compare Aqila'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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