Zakeya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zah-KEE-ah
- Origin
- Arabic
Zakeya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure, innocent”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zakeya mean?
Arabic: variant of Zakiya, feminine of Zaki
“pure, innocent”
Variant spelling of Zakiya, the feminine form of the Arabic name Zaki.
Is Zakeya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakeya is a girls' name.
How popular is Zakeya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Zakeya in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zakeya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
Names like Zakeya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zahara, Zahira, Zainab, Safiya, Safa, Aliya, Zakiyah, Zaira, Safia, Samira, Zaniyah
Names related to Zakeya
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, “Zakeya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakeya, updated 20 October 2026.