Takiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tuh-KEE-yuh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Takiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pious, devout”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Takiya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Takiyah, itself a variant of Taqiyya, feminine of Taqi
“pious, devout”
An American spelling of the Arabic Taqiyya, the feminine form of Taqi, 'God-fearing'.
Meaning borrowed from Takiyah.
Is Takiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Takiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Takiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Takiya, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 62 girls. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had more girls named Takiya than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Takiya in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Takiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 62 | #2,524 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,840 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 37 | #3,371 |
| 1998 | 38 | #3,219 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 23 | #3,506 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
Names like Takiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aliya, Aaliyah, Safiya, Samira, Dakota, Amira, Khadija, Salma, Amina, Zainab, Safa, Summer
Names related to Takiya
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, “Takiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/takiya, updated 20 October 2026.