Zakia

Gender: Girl
Say it: zah-KEE-uh
Origin: Arabic
US rank, 2025: #9,454 for girls

Zakia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure, virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).

What does Zakia mean?

Arabic: Arabic Zakiyya, feminine of Zaki

“pure, virtuous”

Is Zakia a girl's or a boy's name?

Zakia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zakia in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 20 girls.

Half of all the girls named Zakia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 20 in 19992024

Zakia in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2024	5	#4,253
2023	3	#5,929
2022	9	#2,805
2021	3	#5,824
2020	3	#5,734
2019	10	#2,590
2018	0	–
2017	0	–
2016	8	#3,105
2015	0	–
2014	8	#3,031
2013	0	–
2012	12	#2,319
2011	7	#3,360
2010	12	#2,234
2009	12	#2,153
2008	17	#1,679
2007	11	#2,198
2006	9	#2,451
2005	13	#1,807
2004	17	#1,399
2003	17	#1,369
2002	7	#2,436
2001	13	#1,542
2000	9	#1,942
1999	20	#1,103
1998	13	#1,505
1997	10	#1,780
1996	18	#1,122

How popular is Zakia in the US?

Rank in 2025: 9,454th among girls
Babies in 2025: 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
Five-year trend: Falling down 29% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Zakia, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 88 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Half of all the girls named Zakia in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 88 in 19752025

Zakia in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	10	#9,454
2024	9	#10,266
2023	13	#8,050
2022	14	#7,626
2021	8	#11,141
2020	20	#5,846
2019	12	#8,592
2018	13	#8,142
2017	21	#5,817
2016	18	#6,660
2015	17	#6,974
2014	22	#5,795
2013	17	#7,027
2012	26	#5,251
2011	19	#6,561
2010	27	#5,106
2009	31	#4,676
2008	28	#5,140
2007	49	#3,376
2006	40	#3,794
2005	49	#3,166
2004	44	#3,387
2003	48	#3,082
2002	46	#3,099
2001	45	#3,087
2000	44	#3,117
1999	50	#2,734
1998	63	#2,241
1997	39	#3,033
1996	42	#2,845
1995	54	#2,389
1994	36	#3,163
1993	41	#2,877
1992	43	#2,772
1991	40	#2,880
1990	33	#3,292
1989	46	#2,473
1988	28	#3,388
1987	27	#3,328
1986	24	#3,552
1985	22	#3,729
1984	23	#3,526
1983	26	#3,150
1982	28	#3,092
1981	31	#2,847
1980	42	#2,308
1979	37	#2,477
1978	21	#3,512
1977	41	#2,216
1976	51	#1,820
1975	88	#1,269
1974	20	#3,313
1973	16	#3,786
1972	13	#4,299
1971	9	#5,541

Names like Zakia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Zainab, Aaliyah, Safa, Safiya, Safia, Halima, Hiba, Sumayyah, Summer, Khadija, Ruqayyah, Habiba

Names related to Zakia

Zakiya, Zakiyah, Zakiah, Zakya, Zakyah, Zakyia

More Arabic names

Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza

Every Arabic name

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, “Zakia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakia, updated 20 October 2026.