Given name

Sakiah

“one who wears a cloak”·“one who is cloaked”

Sakiah is a variant of Saki. Interpretations include “one who wears a cloak” (Japanese) and “one who is cloaked” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sakiah is a variant of Saki. Interpretations include “one who wears a cloak” (Japanese) and “one who is cloaked” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Sakiah is a variant of Saki. An origin associated with Saki is Japanese.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sakiah through the years

Babies since 1880
40
0 boys · 40 girls
Most popular year
2007
10 babies
2025
5
#16,836 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20073.1
Sakiah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2004–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,836 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 2007.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Sakiah’s family of names

Sakiah has a related form in Saki.

Walk Sakiah’s family in the name graph

SakiahSaki

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Sakiah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Seliah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

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Aaliah

15Very rareCooling

>99% girls

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Nakiah

“one who is pure; chaste”

0Not recently recordedEasing

>99% girls

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Sarinah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Salmah

“one who is healthy and safe”

12Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Samarea

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Sakiah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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