Feminine dossier · first seen 1975

Zakiyyah

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1978

Peak era

1978

Peak births

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Peak generation

Gen X

1975Peak 19782025

Quick answers about Zakiyyah

An estimated 1,135 living Americans are named Zakiyyah.

Zakiyyah fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.

The median age of a living American named Zakiyyah is approximately 36 years, with most bearers falling between 27 and 46 years old.

Not especially. Zakiyyah has been declining since its 1978 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.

Peak year

1978

Decline from peak

100%

2025

All-time

1,163

Zakiyyah last appeared in SSA records in 2022. Across its recorded history, about 1,163 American girls received the name.

Zakiyyah peaked in 1978, when 71 girls were given the name.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2025 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

In all, the Social Security Administration has recorded about 1,163 Americans named Zakiyyah since 1975.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

Peak generationGen X

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1978

Living profile

1,135

Estimated living Americans with this name.

Median age36

Core range27–46

Playground Density Index 0.0%

Wave type

Steady Decline

A name with a broad middle and a downward recent trajectory.