Akiva
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ) Akiba: männl. Vom., neuhebräi sche Form von
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/əˈkivə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Akiva is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 5.9Kas עקיבא(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 159K
- CGCongo - Brazzaville≈1 in 67Kas עקיבא
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Akiva itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 134 (measured from records)
- 1 in 159K (inferred from the name graph)
2,095 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled עקיבא in IL Israel.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
) Akiba: männl. Vom., neuhebräi sche Form von
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Akiva, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Akiva counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,095 | 1 in 159K | 1.9K | Akiva | 134 |
| IL Israel | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | 1.7K | עקיבא | 51 |
| CG Congo - Brazzaville | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 67K | 1 | — | 1 |
| AT Austria | ≈77 est. | ≈1 in 115K | 4 | — | 3 |
| BR Brazil | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 11M | 107 | — | 3 |
| GY Guyana | 7as Akiba | 1 in 107K | 7 | — | — |
2,095 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: CBS Israel — Family names in Israel, 2017 ("שמות משפחה בישראל 2017"); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); A list of Congolese names with meanings published by ToussMagazine.. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rabbi Akivab. 50ILJewish scholar and sage (c. 50 – c.135)
- Akiva Eger Jr.b. 1761ATGerman rabbi (1761–1837)
- Conrad Hubertb. 1856USnot in their usual nameRussian-American inventor (1856-1928)
- Akiba Rubinsteinb. 1880PLnot in their usual nameRussian-Polish chess player
- Akiva Govrinb. 1902ILIsraeli politician (1902-1980)
- Akiva Yaglomb. 1921RURussian mathematician (1921–2007)
- Akiva Eldarb. 1945ILIsraeli journalist
- Akiva Goldsmanb. 1962USAmerican film producer
- Akiva Schafferb. 1977USAmerican comedy writer, actor and film director
- Akiva Weingartenb. 1984USAmerican-born liberal rabbi, raised a Satmar Hasid, later based in Dresden and Basel
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Akiva a male or female name?
- Akiva is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Akiva?
- In the etymology graph, James, Jaime and Jacob are forms of the same name in other languages; Yankel is a recorded short or pet form.
- How do you pronounce Akiva?
- A machine transcription gives /əˈkivə/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Akiva mean?
- Recorded meaning: ) Akiba: männl. Vom., neuhebräi sche Form von
- In which country does Akiva have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.1 thousand people named Akiva, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled akiva.
- Where is Akiva most common?
- Akiva is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 159 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Akiva?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,095 people named Akiva in 2020, about 1 in 159 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Akiva?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/akivaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Akiva”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.