girls:
1k births since 1974
#4694 (18th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1974
#6717 (13th percentile)
The name Takiya is the #6,717 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,022 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 13.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,694 (17.9% percentile) for all time with 1,022 births since 1974.
Takiya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (first recorded for girls in 1974). Birth data for Takiya is available in 43 out of the 46 years between 1974 and 2019. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Takiya reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #837) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 31 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Takiya".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Takiya", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 22 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Takia" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Takia..
Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Takiya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.1% confident that Takiya is pronounced as tuh-KEE-yuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tuh-KEE-uh, at 26.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like T AH0 K IY1 Y AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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