Nakiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nuh-KEE-yuh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Nakiyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Nakiyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nakiya, itself a 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.
Meaning borrowed from Nakiya.
Is Nakiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nakiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Nakiyah, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer girls named Nakiyah than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nakiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,266 |
| 2012 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2011 | 60 | #2,867 |
| 2010 | 71 | #2,562 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 74 | #2,538 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,684 |
| 2006 | 81 | #2,328 |
| 2005 | 81 | #2,238 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 67 | #2,436 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
Nicknames for Nakiyah
- Kiya 4 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Nakiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zaniyah Samiyah Naziyah Kaliyah Jaliyah Hadassah Zakiyah Safa Zainab Taliyah Sariyah
Names related to Nakiyah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Nakiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakiyah, updated 20 October 2026.