Zakiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- za-KY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Zakiah is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Zakiah come from?
Modern: probably a respelling of Zachariah, or Zach + the -iah ending of Josiah
Is Zakiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Zakiah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Zakiah, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Zakiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
How popular is Zakiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Zakiah, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997. 10 girls were also named Zakiah in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Zakiah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Zakiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 44% of the babies named Zakiah in the US were girls.
Zakiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Nicknames for Zakiah
- Zak 79 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zakiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Zayd Musa Zayaan Zayan Ibrahim Mustafa Hamza Aziah Huzaifa Zakariya
Names related to Zakiah
More Modern names
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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, “Zakiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakiah, updated 20 October 2026.