girls:
2k births since 1976
#3859 (32nd percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1976
#5816 (25th percentile)
The name Zakiyah is the #5,816 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,951 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 24.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,859 (32.5% percentile) for all time with 1,951 births since 1976.
Zakiyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (first recorded for girls in 1976). Birth data for Zakiyah is available in 42 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023. 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, Zakiyah reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 10.5% percentile (ranked #881) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 52 births per million (ranked 10.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zakiyah ranks #897 for girls (5.3% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 60.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zakiyah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Zakiyah", 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 "Zakiya" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Zakiya..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Zakiyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.5% confident that Zakiyah is pronounced as zuh-KEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zah-KEE-yuh, at 25.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like Z AH0 K IY1 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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