Nakiyah Girl
How popular is Nakiyah?
#7,489 girl name in 2025
14 baby girls were named Nakiyah in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
Nakiyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,489 for girls (▼ 242 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,979 in 2015, #6,321 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (81 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,238 in 2005 |
| First recorded | 1993 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Nakiyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Nakiyah family of names ranked #3,219 for girls in 2025 (#2,813 the year before), with 29 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Nakiyah | 14 | 48% |
| Nakiya | 15 | 52% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Nakiyah is most popular
Babies named Nakiyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Nakiyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Nakiyah
Questions
- Is Nakiyah a boy or girl name?
- Nakiyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Nakiyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Nakiyah?
- 14 baby girls were named Nakiyah in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
- When was Nakiyah most popular?
- Nakiyah peaked in 2005, when 81 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,238 in 2005.
- How many people are named Nakiyah?
- 1,243 babies have been named Nakiyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,233 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 19.
- Where is Nakiyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Nakiyah was most common in North Carolina, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.