Zakiyyah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Zakiyyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,163 babies named Zakiyyah between 1975 and 2022, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zakiyyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 71 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zakiyyah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 338 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zakiyyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 148 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Zakiyyah in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zakiyyah 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 1,163 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.