Nakiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nuh-KEE-yuh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Nakiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure”. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Nakiya mean?
Arabic: form of Nakia, probably from Arabic naqiyya
“pure”
A form of Nakia, from Arabic naqiyya 'pure'; Nakia is a Wakandan spy in Marvel's Black Panther.
Is Nakiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nakiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,131st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Nakiya, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 147 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Nakiya in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,999 |
| 2008 | 72 | #2,584 |
| 2007 | 78 | #2,418 |
| 2006 | 100 | #1,988 |
| 2005 | 85 | #2,159 |
| 2004 | 99 | #1,894 |
| 2003 | 74 | #2,279 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,693 |
| 2001 | 147 | #1,303 |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,865 |
| 1999 | 68 | #2,202 |
| 1998 | 49 | #2,728 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,166 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
Nicknames for Nakiya
- Kiya 4 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nakiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aliya, Safiya, Samira, Amira, Safa, Zainab, Salma, Khadija, Naima, Zahara, Hadassah
Names related to Nakiya
Nakia, Nakiyah, Naika, Nakiah, Nakaya, Nakya, Nakyah, Nakhia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Nakiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakiya, updated 20 October 2026.