Jakiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- juh-KY-uh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,974 for girls
Jakiyah is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).
Where does Jakiyah come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps based on Zakiyah or Ja- plus Kiyah
Is Jakiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jakiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jakiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,974th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 45,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Jakiyah, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 93 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
2025 had more girls named Jakiyah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Jakiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were given Jakiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,426, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.
- Jakiyah 36
- Jakiya 20
Jakiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,974 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2018 | 52 | #3,106 |
| 2017 | 44 | #3,478 |
| 2016 | 46 | #3,411 |
| 2015 | 54 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,078 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 70 | #2,568 |
| 2011 | 86 | #2,190 |
| 2010 | 79 | #2,386 |
| 2009 | 85 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 93 | #2,157 |
| 2007 | 91 | #2,177 |
| 2006 | 84 | #2,267 |
| 2005 | 69 | #2,499 |
| 2004 | 68 | #2,478 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
Names like Jakiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Zaliyah, Aziyah, Jaziyah, Kamiyah, Jamiyah, Hadassah, Naziyah, Zamiyah
Other spellings of Jakiyah
Names related to Jakiyah
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, “Jakiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jakiyah, updated 20 October 2026.