Rakiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- rah-KEE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
Rakiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Rakiya come from?
Arabic: spelling of Rakiyah; possibly a respelling of Raqiya or Ruqayya; exact root uncertain
Meaning borrowed from Rakiyah.
Is Rakiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Rakiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Rakiya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Rakiya in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rakiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
Names like Rakiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aliya, Safiya, Safa, Samira, Zahara, Amira, Zainab, Rahma, Salma, Samiyah, Zaniyah
Names related to Rakiya
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, “Rakiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rakiya, updated 20 October 2026.