Girls' name · since 1997
Zakyia
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 153 babies named Zakyia, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
153 girls have been named Zakyia since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Zakyia has 153 recorded births among girls since 1997, 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 1997 to 2021.
- #22,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 153 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakyia ranks #22,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 153 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 153
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Zakyia's 153 recorded births place it above 68.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Zakyia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zakyia splits its recorded history at 2010: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zakyia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2021
- Peak year (2008)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Zakyia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (73 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Zakyia's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Zakyia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 73 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Zakyia's decade-level peak was the 2010s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zakyia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1997–2021 (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 Zakyia 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.