Zakhia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zah-KEE-uh
- Origin
- Arabic
Zakhia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure, virtuous”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zakhia mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zakia; Arabic Zakiyya, feminine of Zaki
“pure, virtuous”
Meaning borrowed from Zakia.
Is Zakhia a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakhia is a girls' name.
How popular is Zakhia 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 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Zakhia in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zakhia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
Names like Zakhia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zahara, Zaniyah, Zainab, Safa, Safia, Safiya, Zahira, Aliya, Zamira, Zakiyah, Zaira
Names related to Zakhia
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, “Zakhia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakhia, updated 20 October 2026.