Recorded 2002–2018 Girls' name Peak 2008 203 births

Zakhia — girls' name

203 babies named Zakhia in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s1282010s75
2000s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Zakhia was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

26 babies were named Zakhia in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zakhia

The Social Security Administration has registered 203 babies named Zakhia between 2002 and 2018, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zakhia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zakhia performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 128 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Zakhia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zakhia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zakhia 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 203 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.

Zakhia at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

203

Since 2002

17 years of records

Peak year

2008

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2002

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2018

Zakhia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2002

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2008)
26
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
051015202530 20182014201220102008200620042002 11

Zakhia by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
128 births that decade — 63% of Zakhia's all-time total
2000s1282010s75

Zakhia by state

Where Zakhia concentrates geographically — total births since 2002

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Zakhia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
12 5.9%
Georgia share of Zakhia's total US births 5.9%

12 of 203 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zakhia?
203 babies have been named Zakhia since 2002. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2008 with 26 births.
When was Zakhia most popular?
Zakhia was most popular in the 2000s decade with 128 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Zakhia most popular?
The top states for the name Zakhia are Georgia (12 births).
How long has the name Zakhia been used?
Zakhia has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 17 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Zakhia?
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, 2002–2018 (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.