Recorded 1996–2015 Girls' name Peak 2001 214 births

Zakeria — girls' name

214 babies named Zakeria in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s452000s1292010s40
2000s
Peak decade

60% of everyone ever named Zakeria was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

17 babies were named Zakeria in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zakeria

The Social Security Administration has registered 214 babies named Zakeria between 1996 and 2015, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zakeria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zakeria performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zakeria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zakeria in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zakeria in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 214 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Zakeria at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

214

Since 1996

20 years of records

Peak year

2001

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1996

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2015

Zakeria popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1996

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2001)
17
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
05101520 2015201120082005200219991996 7

Zakeria popularity over time — boys

5 total births recorded since 2004 (Zakeria as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 5 births
5 2004 5

Zakeria by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
129 births that decade — 60% of Zakeria's all-time total
1990s452000s1292010s40

Zakeria by state

Where Zakeria concentrates geographically — total births since 1996

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Zakeria
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
11 5.1%
Georgia share of Zakeria's total US births 5.1%

11 of 214 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zakeria?
214 babies have been named Zakeria since 1996. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2001 with 17 births.
When was Zakeria most popular?
Zakeria was most popular in the 2000s decade with 129 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Zakeria most popular?
The top states for the name Zakeria are Georgia (11 births).
How long has the name Zakeria been used?
Zakeria has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 20 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Zakeria?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zakiya, Zakiyah, Zakia, Zakiyyah, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1996–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.