Zakiyah

#3,712 for girls in 2025, 40 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,949
2008 · 108 births
Debut · girls
1976
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,035
since 1976

Zakiyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zakiyah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016peak #1,949, 2008girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#3,71240—
2024#3,51644#9,8947
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2022#3,03354—
2021#3,49144—
2020#2,82358—
2019#2,85658—
2018#3,24549—
2017#2,20086—
2016#2,51771—
2015#2,38277—
2014#2,44274—
2013#2,62667—
2012#2,20585—
2011#2,10391—
2010#2,25885—
2009#2,06499—
2008#1,949108—
2007#2,10196—
2006#2,08194—
2005#2,45771—
2004#2,34573—
2003#2,80055—
2002#2,97649—
2001#2,66356—
2000#2,77752—
1999#3,71832—
1998#3,57333—
1997#4,00727—
1996#5,28018—
1995#6,64113—
1994#6,31914—
1993#6,62213—
1992#6,65213—
1991#6,25314—
1990#5,83515—
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1982#9,2376—
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First appearance
1976

The first year at least five girls were named Zakiyah! It came in at #9,284, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1976–1981, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Zakiyah is popular in 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,333 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 40,744 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,376 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,062 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Zakiyah, so not publishedTXFlorida: #1,813 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 14,451 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#1,376 · 1 in 9,062
  2. Florida#1,813 · 1 in 14,451
  3. California#3,333 · 1 in 40,744

Best ever in a state: #418 in Mississippi, 2011.

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North Carolina#1,37651 in 9,062
Florida#1,81361 in 14,451
California#3,33351 in 40,744
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See more about Zakiyah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 196 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #3,712)
  • 889 spots since 2020 (#2,823 → #3,712)
  • 1,330 spots since 2015 (#2,382 → #3,712)
Rise & fade · girls
32 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1976
  • Peaked 2008 at #1,949 (108 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,509
  • Highest: 1 in 17,509 girls born in 2008 were named Zakiyah (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 40,182 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 37.0% of all girls named Zakiyah (753) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#9,284 (1976)#9,284
1980s47#6,291 (1984)#8,897
1990s192#3,573 (1998)#5,490
2000s753#1,949 (2008)#2,421
2010s743#2,103 (2011)#2,483
2020s295#2,823 (2020)#3,265

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zakiyah in 2016

girls
#2,517
71 births · 1 in 24,958 girls

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #2,517Zakiyah71
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 24,958 of them was named Zakiyah, which outranked 86.7% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zakiyah
  1. #2,502Nikita72
  2. #2,502Nyasia72
  3. #2,502Shyann72
  4. #2,517Zakiyah71
  5. #2,517Alaiyah71
  6. #2,517Anasofia71
  7. #2,517Aries71
  8. #2,539Anayeli70
  9. #2,539Baylie70
  10. #2,539Bobbi70

Tied with 21 names at #2,517; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016 →