Zakiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zuh-KEE-yuh
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Zakiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure; intelligent”. In 2025 it ranked 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Zakiya mean?
Arabic: feminine of Zaki
“pure; intelligent”
From the Arabic root z-k-w, which carries ideas of purity, growth and goodness.
Is Zakiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakiya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakiya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zakiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Zakiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Zakiya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Zakiya, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 129 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had fewer girls named Zakiya than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Zakiya in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 74 girls in the US were given Zakiya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,073, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
- Zakiyah 40
- Zakiya 34
Zakiya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 39 | #3,831 |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,651 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 57 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 55 | #3,039 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,597 |
| 2012 | 52 | #3,168 |
| 2011 | 85 | #2,216 |
| 2010 | 91 | #2,152 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 92 | #2,172 |
| 2007 | 99 | #2,059 |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,846 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,754 |
| 2004 | 75 | #2,306 |
| 2003 | 88 | #2,031 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,682 |
| 2001 | 86 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 94 | #1,823 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,871 |
| 1998 | 121 | #1,414 |
| 1997 | 129 | #1,332 |
| 1996 | 88 | #1,709 |
| 1995 | 75 | #1,858 |
| 1994 | 64 | #2,119 |
| 1993 | 64 | #2,107 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,684 |
| 1991 | 69 | #1,990 |
| 1990 | 63 | #2,076 |
| 1989 | 60 | #2,067 |
| 1988 | 39 | #2,695 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 41 | #2,419 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,082 |
| 1981 | 37 | #2,529 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,785 |
| 1979 | 50 | #2,020 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,841 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,736 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,027 |
| 1975 | 39 | #2,169 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
Names like Zakiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab, Safiya, Safa, Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Hiba, Aliya, Halima, Ruqayyah, Summer, Hafsa, Khadija
Other spellings of Zakiya
Names related to Zakiya
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, “Zakiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakiya, updated 20 October 2026.