Zakya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zah-KEE-ah
- Origin
- Arabic
Zakya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure, innocent”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zakya mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zakyah, itself a variant of Zakiya, feminine of Zaki
“pure, innocent”
Variant spelling of Zakiya, the feminine form of the Arabic name Zaki.
Meaning borrowed from Zakyah.
Is Zakya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakya is a girls' name.
How popular is Zakya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Zakya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zakya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
Names like Zakya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Zahara Zaniyah Zainab Safa Safiya Zahira Aliya Zamira Zakiyah Zaira Samiyah
Names related to Zakya
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from 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, “Zakya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakya, updated 20 October 2026.