Is Zakiyah a boy or girl name?

Zakiyah is a girl’s name. Of the 2,042 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 99.7% were girls and 0.3% were boys.

Name Legacy

Zakiyah

Recorded 1976–2025 · United States

Zakiyah was most popular in 2008, when 108 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,400 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,507, with 40 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,042 people named Zakiyah.

Zakiyah over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zakiyah’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zakiyah a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zakiyah is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 2,042 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 99% girls and 1% 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 Zakiyah

Where Zakiyah 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