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Zakiah

#10,087 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Alternate transcription of Zakiyya

Zakiah has been given to 716 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #10,087 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 31 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% girls, 34% boys all-time.

Babies named Zakiah, 2025

1 in 332,000

Zakiah over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Zakiah over time

In 2025, Zakiah went to 43% girls and 57% boys.

19902025

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.

Zakiah: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Zakiyya

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zakiah means

Zakiah is a alternate transcription of Zakiyya.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Zakiyya.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 470 girls were recorded with the name Zakiah between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 31 in 2006; its best national rank was #4,683 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,950 in 2020 to #10,087 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,996 in 2015 to #10,087 in 2025.

In the United States, 246 boys were recorded with the name Zakiah between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2023; its best national rank was #5,243 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,285 in 2020 to #6,792 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,723 in 2015 to #6,792 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.

How common is Zakiah?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 161,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,087
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zakiah 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zakiah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zakiahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zakiah was born before 2010 — so the typical Zakiah is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
40.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
90.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
470
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 40.0% of all recorded uses (188).

Is Zakiah 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
−2,138
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,137
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,091
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
32.3%
Peak was 2006 (31)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,683
2006

Spellings of Zakiah

Zakiah is not the most common spelling — Mariah is, with 37.4% against Zakiah's 0.15%.

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 Zakiah is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Zakiah was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,023,577 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Mississippi1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Zakiah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Zakiah is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Zakiah was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,652,691 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Zakiah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Zakiah around the world

Where Zakiah 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.

  • South Australia
    2005–2005
    #775
    in 2005

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Zakiah by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,087
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,137
Best rank ever
#4,683
2006
Peak year
2006
31 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
470
Count in 2025
10

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,792
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 507
Best rank ever
#5,243
2023
Peak year
2023
19 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
246
Count in 2025
13

Names similar to Zakiah

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

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Sibling names for Zakiah

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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