Rakiya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Rakiya by the numbers
Rakiya was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 32 babies in 2008, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Rakiya
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Rakiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Raniyalooking, gazing; a form of Rania8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Raziyacontent, satisfied, agreeable22 in the US (2017)
- Ramiyaloving or affectionate15 in the US (2017)
- Rakiyahascending, rising; feminine form of Raki13 in the US (2017)
- Raiya44 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rainaqueen; variant of Rani351 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Rakiya
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