Given name

Takiya

Takiya is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Takiya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Takiya through the years

Babies since 1880
1,028
0 boys · 1,028 girls
Most popular year
2002
62 babies
2025
6
#14,749 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Takiya in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1974–2025, 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 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,749 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 62 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 803 as a first name in 2020.

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

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The ring: spellings.

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

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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

Modern

Tatyanah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tashyah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Talise

“consecrated to God”

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>99% girls

Modern

Tanicha

“born on a Monday”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Teija

“gift” · “god”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tyauna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tationa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Zhariya

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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