Zakiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zuh-KEE-yuh
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Zakiyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure; intelligent”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
What does Zakiyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zakiya; feminine of Zaki
“pure; intelligent”
From the Arabic root z-k-w, which carries ideas of purity, growth and goodness.
Meaning borrowed from Zakiya.
Is Zakiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 40 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Zakiyah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 17 girls.
2025 had more girls named Zakiyah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Zakiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were given Zakiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,781, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
- Zakiyyah 9
- Zakiyah 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Zakiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,692 |
| 2004 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
How popular is Zakiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Zakiyah, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,823rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 108 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer girls named Zakiyah than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Zakiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 74 girls in the US were given Zakiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,073, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
- Zakiyah 40
- Zakiya 34
Zakiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 55 | #3,014 |
| 2022 | 54 | #3,033 |
| 2021 | 44 | #3,490 |
| 2020 | 58 | #2,823 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,856 |
| 2018 | 49 | #3,244 |
| 2017 | 86 | #2,200 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,517 |
| 2015 | 77 | #2,382 |
| 2014 | 74 | #2,442 |
| 2013 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2012 | 85 | #2,205 |
| 2011 | 91 | #2,103 |
| 2010 | 85 | #2,258 |
| 2009 | 99 | #2,064 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,949 |
| 2007 | 96 | #2,101 |
| 2006 | 94 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 71 | #2,453 |
| 2004 | 73 | #2,342 |
| 2003 | 55 | #2,797 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 56 | #2,659 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,773 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 27 | #4,004 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Zakiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zainab, Safa, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Ayah, Nusaybah, Aafiyah, Safiya, Hafsa, Hiba, Aaminah
Other spellings of Zakiyah
Names related to Zakiyah
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, “Zakiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakiyah, updated 20 October 2026.