Is Zakia a boy or girl name?

Zakia is a girl’s name. Of the 1,740 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.1% were girls and 0.9% were boys.

Zakia

Recorded 1971–2025 · United States

Zakia was most popular in 1975, when 88 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,075 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,740 people named Zakia.

Zakia over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zakia’s peak in 1975. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zakia a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zakia is a girl’s name — 99.1% of the 1,740 Americans given it were girls and 0.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Zakia

Where Zakia is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org