Akan Girl Names
Explore names documented in Akan naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries. This focused selection includes only sourced names with matching U.S. birth records; many other names used in this tradition are absent from the U.S. data.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1881. | 16#7,043 | Down 2,073 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1885. | 14#7,504 | Up 933 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 15#7,136 | Up 6,326 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | 25#5,101 | Down 455 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 9#10,131 | Up 1,004 rank positions in five years | 1978 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974. | 7#11,980 | Down 2,408 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1978. | —Unranked | — | 2005 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1977. | 7#11,956 | new | 1989 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972. | —Unranked | — | 2000 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1981. | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1918. | —Unranked | — | 1978 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1979. | —Unranked | — | 1979 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1992. | —Unranked | — | 1997 | ||
Documented Akan usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2008. | —Unranked | — | 2008 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.