Given name & surname · also Arabic
Zakia
“one who is chaste; pure”·“an intelligent woman”
Zakia is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is chaste; pure” and “an intelligent woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is chaste; pure” and “an intelligent woman”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zakia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,740
- 16 boys · 1,724 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 88 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #10,089 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,089 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 35.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 88 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,462 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.
Zakia’s family of names
Zakia has a related form in Zakiya. Zakia has a related form in Zakiyyah. Zakia has a related form in Zakiyah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Zakia
- Zakia KhudadadiAfghan taekwondo practitionerborn 1998
- Zakia ZakiAfghan journalist (1962–2007)
- Zakia Mrisho MohamedTanzanian athletics competitor (born 1984)
- Zakia MeghjiTanzanian politicianborn 1946
- Zakia KhattabiBelgian politicianborn 1976
- Zakia HakkiJudge1939–2021
- Zakia TahriMoroccan film directorborn 1963
- Zakia Bari MamoBangladeshi actor and modelborn 1984
- Zakia SomanIndian politicianborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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