How Many People Are Named Akua?
An estimated 524 people in the United States have the first name Akua. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 29 years old, and Akua peaked in popularity in 1978 with 16 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Akua as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Akua paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
524
About 1 in 654,111 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
29
years old
Peak Year
1978
16 births
Total Registered
545
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Akua
Akua is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 545 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Akua as a female name
Ranked #8,936 in 2024
11 female births in 2024
Peak: 1978 (16 births)
Akua: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Akua span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 130 babies were registered. Akua has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Akua by Decade
How has Akua tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Akua + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Akua as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Akua: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Akua?
We estimate approximately 524 people named Akua are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 654,111 Americans share this first name.
Is Akua a common name?
Akua is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 545 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Akua most popular?
Akua reached peak popularity in 1978, when 16 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Akua is approximately 29 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Akua a female name?
Akua is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Akua Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Akua Smith, Akua Johnson, Akua Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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