Zaki
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAH-kee
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,033 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,390 for boys
Zaki is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure, virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 1,033rd for boys in the UK (32 babies) and 2,390th for boys in the US (57 babies).
What does Zaki mean?
Arabic
“pure, virtuous”
From Arabic zaki, pure or virtuous; in some dialects the same sound also represents dhaki, intelligent.
Is Zaki a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaki is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the UK and 57 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaki in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,033rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 9,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were named Zaki, making it the 1,033rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 852nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 55 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zaki in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 953rd in England and Wales.
Zaki in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,033 |
| 2024 | 43 | #838 |
| 2023 | 30 | #1,072 |
| 2022 | 34 | #971 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 39 | #852 |
| 2019 | 36 | #909 |
| 2018 | 51 | #741 |
| 2017 | 43 | #838 |
| 2016 | 39 | #884 |
| 2015 | 42 | #825 |
| 2014 | 46 | #756 |
| 2013 | 39 | #860 |
| 2012 | 35 | #941 |
| 2011 | 47 | #745 |
| 2010 | 42 | #786 |
| 2009 | 53 | #664 |
| 2008 | 51 | #679 |
| 2007 | 55 | #612 |
| 2006 | 42 | #712 |
| 2005 | 35 | #778 |
| 2004 | 24 | #954 |
| 2003 | 33 | #720 |
| 2002 | 34 | #642 |
| 2001 | 28 | #707 |
| 2000 | 23 | #812 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
How popular is Zaki in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,390th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were named Zaki, making it the 2,390th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Zaki in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were given Zaki or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,526, up from #2,390 for this spelling alone.
Zaki in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,444 |
| 2023 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 2022 | 60 | #2,354 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 46 | #2,735 |
| 2018 | 54 | #2,416 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 54 | #2,385 |
| 2014 | 44 | #2,703 |
| 2013 | 49 | #2,490 |
| 2012 | 51 | #2,447 |
| 2011 | 48 | #2,546 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2008 | 62 | #2,160 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 34 | #3,152 |
| 2005 | 46 | #2,463 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 44 | #2,388 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,878 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,181 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 26 | #3,099 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 23 | #3,155 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
Names like Zaki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Zayd, Ahmed, Abdullah, Musa, Zayan, Zayaan, Rafi, Mustafa, Umar, Ziyad
Other spellings of Zaki
Names related to Zaki
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Zaki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaki, updated 20 October 2026.