Nakiya
Nakiya was the 7395th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 1310th with 147 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,980 places. More babies were named Nakiya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,395 girls, up 887 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2001147 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,802babies recorded
Nakiya popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1975.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,395 | 15 |
| 2020 | #8,282 | 13 |
| 2010 | #3,146 | 53 |
| 2000 | #1,880 | 91 |
| 1990 | #6,356 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,455 | 17 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Nakiya, counting every spelling?
Nakiya is a spelling of Nakiyah, a name family that had 29 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 29 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakiyah | 14 | #7,778 | 89 |
| Nakiya | 15 | #7,395 | 83 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Nakiya?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nakiya (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nakiya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nakiya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nakiya?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Nakiya are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 18 and 28. That makes Nakiya mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Nakiya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nakiya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nakiya
How popular is the name Nakiya?
Nakiya was the 7395th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 1310th with 147 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,980 places. More babies were named Nakiya in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Nakiya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nakiya in the US.