Zakyah
Girl · zah-KEE-ah · Arabic
Zakyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “pure, innocent”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Zakyah mean?
Arabic: variant of Zakiya, feminine of Zaki
“pure, innocent”
Variant spelling of Zakiya, the feminine form of the Arabic name Zaki.
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- zah-KEE-ah
Is Zakyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Zakyah 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 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Zakyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zakyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,548 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
Names like Zakyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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