Jakira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- jah-KEER-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Jakira is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Jakira come from?
Modern: blend of the Ja- prefix with Kira, rhyming with Shakira
Is Jakira a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakira is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakira in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Jakira, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 87 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had fewer girls named Jakira than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named Jakira in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jakira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 60 | #2,891 |
| 2008 | 71 | #2,609 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2005 | 73 | #2,403 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,707 |
| 2003 | 72 | #2,318 |
| 2002 | 67 | #2,376 |
| 2001 | 65 | #2,407 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Jakira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jaliyah, Amira, Janiyah, Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Samira, Zaniyah, Amaya, Safa, Salma, Zahara, Khadija
Names related to Jakira
Jakyra, Jakeria, Jakyrah, Jakara, Jakaria, Jakera, Jakeira, Jakirah
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Jakira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakira, updated 20 October 2026.