Zakira
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zah-KEE-ruh
- Origin
- Arabic
Zakira is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “one who remembers God”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zakira mean?
Arabic: feminine of Zakir
“one who remembers God”
The feminine of Zakir, from the same Arabic root as dhikr, the remembrance of God in prayer.
Is Zakira a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakira is a girls' name.
How popular is Zakira in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zakira in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Zakira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Zakira in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the girls named Zakira in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zakira in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
Names like Zakira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Hiba, Hafsa, Rahma, Halima, Sumayyah, Habiba, Safiya, Abeeha, Zahara
Names related to Zakira
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Zakira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakira, updated 20 October 2026.