Zakiyah Girl
How popular is Zakiyah?
#3,711 girl name in 2025
40 baby girls were named Zakiyah in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
Zakiyah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,711 for girls (▼ 195 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 40 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-48% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,382 in 2015, #2,823 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (108 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,949 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1976 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zakiyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zakiyah family of names ranked #1,884 for girls in 2025 (#1,770 the year before), with 74 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zakiyah | 40 | 54% |
| Zakiya | 34 | 46% |
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 Zakiyah is most popular
Babies named Zakiyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Zakiyah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1980s | 47 | #6,290 |
| 1990s | 192 | #3,570 |
| 2000s | 753 | #1,949 |
| 2010s | 743 | #2,103 |
| 2020s | 295 | #2,823 |
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Questions
- Is Zakiyah a boy or girl name?
- Zakiyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Zakiyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Zakiyah?
- 40 baby girls were named Zakiyah in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
- When was Zakiyah most popular?
- Zakiyah peaked in 2008, when 108 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,949 in 2008.
- How many people are named Zakiyah?
- 2,042 babies have been named Zakiyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,025 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Zakiyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zakiyah was most common in Georgia, at 0.1 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.