Is Zakiah a boy or girl name?

Zakiah is a unisex name. Of the 716 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 65.6% were girls and 34.4% were boys. It changed hands in 2019, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Zakiah

Recorded 1990–2025 · United States

Zakiah was most popular in 2006, when 39 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,581 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,389, with 23 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 716 people named Zakiah.

Zakiah over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zakiah’s peak in 2006. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zakiah a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zakiah is a unisex name — 65.6% of the 716 Americans given it were girls and 34.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2019 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 51% girls and 49% 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.

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