girls:
445 births since 1990
#5271 (8th percentile)
boys:
219 births since 1997
#4367 (5th percentile)
overall:
664 births since 1990
#7075 (9th percentile)
The name Zakiah is the #7,075 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 664 recorded births since 1990. This represents the 8.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,271 (7.8% percentile) for all time with 445 births since 1990. For boys, it ranks #4,367 (4.7% percentile) for all time with 219 births since 1997.
Zakiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1990 (1990 for girls and 1997 for boys). Birth data for Zakiah is available in 29 out of the 34 years between 1990 and 2023 (29 years for girls and 24 years for boys). 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.
The name Zakiah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.0% of all recorded births). In 2023, 42.4% of babies named Zakiah were girls.
For girls, Zakiah reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #940) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zakiah ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 53.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Zakiah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #897) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zakiah is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #897 (1.5% percentile) with 10 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zakiah".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Zakiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.9% confident that Zakiah is pronounced as zuh-KEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zuh-KAI-uh, at 25.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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