Nakhia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-KEE-a
Nakhia is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nakhia mean?
Spelling of Nakia; US name of uncertain origin, sometimes linked to Arabic Naqiyya, 'pure'
Nakia is a Wakandan spy and ally of T'Challa in the film Black Panther (2018).
Meaning borrowed from Nakia.
Is Nakhia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakhia is a girls' name.
How popular is Nakhia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Nakhia in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakhia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,519 |
Names like Nakhia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Naziyah, Safia, Zaniyah, Aliya, Kaliyah, Amaya, Jaliyah, Samira, Zahara, Amira, Safa
Names related to Nakhia
Nakia, Nakiyah, Nakiya, Naika, Nakiah, Nakya, Nakyah, Nakyia
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, “Nakhia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakhia, updated 20 October 2026.