Nakiyah
Nakiyah was the 7778th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 2248th with 81 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,696 places. More babies were named Nakiyah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,778 girls, down 1,227 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200581 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,243babies recorded
Nakiyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,778 | 14 |
| 2020 | #6,551 | 18 |
| 2010 | #2,580 | 71 |
| 2000 | #3,387 | 40 |
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How popular is Nakiyah, counting every spelling?
Nakiyah is the most common spelling of 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 Nakiyah?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Nakiyah (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Nakiyah 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 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Nakiyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Nakiyah?
About 1,200 people born in the US named Nakiyah are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 14 and 23. That makes Nakiyah 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.
Nakiyah by state
How common Nakiyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Nakiyah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Nakiyah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Nakiyah
How popular is the name Nakiyah?
Nakiyah was the 7778th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 2248th with 81 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,696 places. More babies were named Nakiyah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Nakiyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Nakiyah in the US.
Where is Nakiyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Nakiyah was most common in North Carolina (0.02 per 1,000 girls).