Nakya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAK-yuh
- Origin
- Modern
Nakya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nakya come from?
Modern: probably an invented name on the Na- pattern
Is Nakya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakya is a girls' name.
How popular is Nakya 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 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the girls named Nakya in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 31 | #4,676 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 33 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,847 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 59 | #2,602 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 33 | #3,803 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Nakya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Salma, Zya, Safa, Zaira, Zaniyah, Jaliyah, Zainab, Zayla, Zamya, Naya
Names related to Nakya
Nakia, Nakiyah, Nakiya, Naika, Nakiah, Nakaya, Nakyah, Nakhia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Nakya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakya, updated 20 October 2026.