Girls' name · since 2008
Zakhya
Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 12 babies named Zakhya, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #52,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zakhya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12 have been recorded since 2008.
Zakhya has 12 recorded births among girls since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2013.
- #52,488 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 2008
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakhya ranks #52,488 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 2008, peaking in the 2010s.
- #52,488 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 2008
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zakhya's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zakhya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zakhya splits its recorded history at 2013: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zakhya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2013
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Zakhya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Zakhya's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Zakhya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zakhya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zakhya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.