Nakyia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- nuh-KEE-uh
- Origin
- Modern
Nakyia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Nakyia come from?
Modern: probably an invented name on the Na- pattern
Is Nakyia a girl's or a boy's name?
Nakyia is a girls' name.
How popular is Nakyia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Nakyia in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nakyia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Nakyia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah Zaniyah Aaliyah Jaliyah Zaniya Zariah Aliya Kamiyah Naziyah Zariya Amira Samira
Names related to Nakyia
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, “Nakyia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nakyia, updated 20 October 2026.