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Aquila

#13,350 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Eagle

Aquila has been given to 901 babies in the U.S. since 1955. In 2025 it ranked #13,350 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1991, with 33 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% girls, 16% boys all-time.

Babies named Aquila, 2025

1 in 553,000

Aquila over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Aquila over time

In 2025, Aquila went to 38% girls and 62% boys.

19552025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Aquila: meaning, origin, and history

Eagle

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aquila means

Aquila means “eagle”.

Origin, language, and formation

Aquila is used in Latin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 760 girls were recorded with the name Aquila between 1955 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1991; its best national rank was #2,780 in 1977.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,624 in 2020 to #13,350 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,223 in 2015 to #13,350 in 2025.

In the United States, 141 boys were recorded with the name Aquila between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 17 in 2021; its best national rank was #5,163 in 1977.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,542 in 2020 to #7,709 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aquila?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 268,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#13,350
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aquila sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aquila. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aquilas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aquila was born before 1991 — so the typical Aquila is around 34 today.

Median birth year
1991
About 34 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
28.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
23.4%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
760
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1990s — 28.4% of all recorded uses (216).

Is Aquila rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,070
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−3,726
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,127
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.60×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.2%
Peak was 1991 (33)
Years since peak
34
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
51.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,780
1977

Spellings of Aquila

Aquila is not the most common spelling — Laquita is, with 29.5% against Aquila's 3.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Aquila is used

Across 1910–2025, Aquila was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 639,135 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Aquila has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Aquila around the world

Where Aquila ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2025
    #5,927
    in 2025
  • France
    1964–2025
    #6,968
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Aquila by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,350
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 3,726
Best rank ever
#2,780
1977
Peak year
1991
33 that year
First recorded
1955
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
760
Count in 2025
6

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,709
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 167
Best rank ever
#5,163
1977
Peak year
2021
17 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
141
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Aquila

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Aquila

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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