How popular is the name Zakia?

1,740 US babies were named Zakia between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 1975.

What careers are people named Zakia over-represented in?

Among notable women who are politicians, Zakias show up 1.2× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Zakia

Zakia. 1,740 US babies since 1940, peak 1975. Notable Zakias are 1.2× over-represented as politicians.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 1975

1,740 US babies were named Zakia between 1940 and 2025.

Zakia around the world

France: 1,505 babies since 1900, peak 1973, No. 2,218 in 2025
England & Wales: 260 babies since 1996, peak 1999

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Zakias end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Politician	1.2×	Low · 4 people
Writer	1.0×	Low · 2 people
Actor	0.9×	Low · 2 people
Professor	1.1×	Low · 2 people

Among notable women who are politicians, Zakias show up 1.2× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 6 Zakiyas spell it Zakia

Zakiya 31%
Zakiyah 19%
Zakia 16%
Zakiyyah 11%
Zakiah 7%
Sakia 2%
Sakiya 2%
Sakiyah 2%
Zakhia 2%
Zakyah 2%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1975)