Nakiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nah-KEE-a
Nakiah is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nakiah 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 Nakiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakiah is a girls' name.
How popular is Nakiah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Nakiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 29 | #4,577 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Names like Nakiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zaniyah Hadassah Naziyah Kaliyah Jaliyah Zainab Taliyah Samiyah Safa Zariah Safiya
Names related to Nakiah
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, “Nakiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakiah, updated 20 October 2026.