Zakiyyah

Gender: Girl
Say it: zuh-KEE-yuh
Origin: Arabic
UK rank, 2025: #2,856 for girls

Zakiyyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure; intelligent”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).

What does Zakiyyah 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 Zakiyyah a girl's or a boy's name?

Zakiyyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zakiyyah in the UK?

Rank in 2025: 2,856th among girls
Babies in 2025: 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend: Rising up 45% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Zakiyyah, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 girls.

2025 had more girls named Zakiyyah than any year since 1997.

Half of all the girls named Zakiyyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were given Zakiyyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,781, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.

Zakiyyah 9
Zakiyah 5

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 9 in 19972025

Zakiyyah in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	9	#2,856
2024	4	#4,907
2023	3	#5,929
2022	5	#4,168
2021	0	–
2020	4	#4,744
2019	3	#5,804
2018	4	#4,914
2017	0	–
2016	6	#3,788
2015	0	–
2014	0	–
2013	3	#6,003
2012	0	–
2011	5	#4,244
2010	0	–
2009	6	#3,603
2008	8	#2,895
2007	4	#4,494
2006	8	#2,657
2005	8	#2,555
2004	5	#3,356
2003	5	#3,233
2002	5	#3,047
2001	5	#2,928
2000	5	#2,907
1999	6	#2,559
1998	7	#2,304
1997	9	#1,927
1996	5	#2,815

How popular is Zakiyyah in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1978, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.

Half of all the girls named Zakiyyah in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.

1975Busiest: 71 in 19782022

Zakiyyah in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2022	5	#15,300
2021	6	#13,459
2020	0	–
2019	0	–
2018	0	–
2017	0	–
2016	10	#10,109
2015	10	#10,143
2014	5	#16,507
2013	10	#10,230
2012	12	#9,105
2011	7	#13,339
2010	9	#11,240
2009	14	#8,450
2008	14	#8,525
2007	16	#7,729
2006	23	#5,708
2005	18	#6,523
2004	15	#7,386
2003	26	#4,799
2002	28	#4,377
2001	21	#5,359
2000	24	#4,786
1999	28	#4,084
1998	35	#3,423
1997	41	#2,931
1996	38	#3,088
1995	32	#3,417
1994	33	#3,367
1993	37	#3,103
1992	24	#4,229
1991	32	#3,363
1990	38	#2,952
1989	20	#4,516
1988	16	#5,060
1987	19	#4,280
1986	26	#3,358
1985	21	#3,851
1984	31	#2,850
1983	34	#2,594
1982	36	#2,581
1981	43	#2,305
1980	65	#1,720
1979	67	#1,661
1978	71	#1,546
1977	56	#1,801
1976	41	#2,099
1975	6	#7,982

Names like Zakiyyah

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

Aaliyah, Zainab, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Aakifah, Farah, Safiya, Azeemah, Hibah, Niyyah, Safa, Zaniyah

Other spellings of Zakiyyah

Zakiyah

Names related to Zakiyyah

Zakiya, Zakiah, Sakiyah, Zakyah, Zakyia, Zakhia

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