Zakee
Masculine · “Arabic zaki”
Zakat, the obligatory alms of Islam, comes from the same root as this name. The root means purity and growth, and the theology follows the etymology: giving a portion away is what purifies the rest.
How old is the name Zakee?
Zakee first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Zakee alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 600 people named Zakee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zakee most popular?
Zakee peaked in 1979, reaching #2104 nationally. Today it ranks #10695, 8,591 places below that high. See the whole 1979 chart.
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Where it comes from
From zaki to Zakee
The story of Zakee
Arabic roots carry a field of related meanings, and this one covers purity, increase and thriving at once, which is not a coincidence in the theology built on it. Zakat is a fixed proportion of accumulated wealth paid annually, and the classical explanation is that the payment purifies what remains and causes it to grow, so the word for the obligation is the word for purity. The personal name zaki sits in the same field and means pure or virtuous. Names of this kind are transparent to any Arabic speaker, since the root system makes the connection visible in a way European etymologies almost never are: an English speaker cannot see charity inside cherish, but an Arabic speaker sees zakat inside Zaki immediately.
Meaning
Arabic zaki, pure
From Arabic zaki, pure, virtuous or growing well, on the root z-k-w. The same root gives zakat, the alms payment that is one of the five pillars of Islam. Zakee is an American spelling; the peak is 1979.
How the name formed
- zaki
- Zakee
Related forms: Zaki · Zaki
Pronouncing Zakee
zah-KEE
Two syllables, stress on the second. The doubled ee marks a long vowel in transliteration.
Nicknames for Zakee
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 200126 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2104reached in 1979
- Change vs 2021
- −14.3%6 in 2025, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Zakee in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Zaki in Arabic — spelling variant
- Zaki in Urdu — same name
Zakees among us
people named Zakee are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 284,679 born in 2025 was named Zakee
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Brewster test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zakee's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brewster climbed just as high around 1914, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brewster's path sketches the road Zakee is walking now.
Zakee sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Zakee beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zakee in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Arabic meaning is documented and transparent.
- Zak is a familiar short form in English.
- Two syllables with a firm ending.
- Zaki is the more standard transliteration.
- It will be assumed to be short for Zachary.
- The 1979 peak dates its American use.
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Masculine · #10695 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Zakees are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Zakee are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zakee in 2025?
- Zakee ranks #10695 among US boy names in 2025, with 6 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zakee?
- About 1 in every 284,679 US boys born in 2025 was named Zakee — 6 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zakee with classmates?
- Zakee will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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