Nakia
Mostly girls · nah-KEE-a
Nakia is a name. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Nakia mean?
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).
- Say it
- nah-KEE-a
Is Nakia a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Nakia has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US.
How popular is Nakia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Nakia, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 1974, with 1,135 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had fewer girls named Nakia than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Nakia in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 76% of the babies named Nakia in the US were girls.
Nakia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 80 | #2,397 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,890 |
| 2006 | 81 | #2,328 |
| 2005 | 86 | #2,139 |
| 2004 | 108 | #1,768 |
| 2003 | 93 | #1,946 |
| 2002 | 119 | #1,563 |
| 2001 | 137 | #1,383 |
| 2000 | 127 | #1,445 |
| 1999 | 166 | #1,167 |
| 1998 | 179 | #1,080 |
| 1997 | 181 | #1,052 |
| 1996 | 164 | #1,104 |
| 1995 | 159 | #1,110 |
| 1994 | 186 | #993 |
| 1993 | 201 | #937 |
| 1992 | 209 | #927 |
| 1991 | 154 | #1,147 |
| 1990 | 143 | #1,189 |
| 1989 | 143 | #1,146 |
| 1988 | 125 | #1,203 |
| 1987 | 188 | #893 |
| 1986 | 191 | #867 |
| 1985 | 279 | #654 |
| 1984 | 269 | #648 |
| 1983 | 218 | #748 |
| 1982 | 232 | #733 |
| 1981 | 254 | #685 |
| 1980 | 259 | #674 |
| 1979 | 270 | #644 |
| 1978 | 313 | #557 |
| 1977 | 364 | #510 |
| 1976 | 490 | #414 |
| 1975 | 972 | #251 |
| 1974 | 1,135 | #226 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
Names like Nakia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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