Takiyah
In Islam, taqiyya is the practice of concealing one's faith or religious identity to protect oneself from danger. Although the practice is mainly associated with the minority Shia tradition, it is also considered legitimate under certain conditions in Sunni sources. A related term is kitmān, which has the more specific meaning of dissimulation by silence or omission.
Meaning & Origin of Takiyah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
In Islam, taqiyya is the practice of concealing one's faith or religious identity to protect oneself from danger. Although the practice is mainly associated with the minority Shia tradition, it is also considered legitimate under certain conditions in Sunni sources. A related term is kitmān, which has the more specific meaning of dissimulation by silence or omission.
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Etymology
The Story of Takiyah
American parents first put Takiyah on the record books as a baby girl name in 1971, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 88 Takiyahs were born — ranking #2,106 that year. About 33% of every Takiyah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Takiyah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Takiyah
Takiyah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Takiyah's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #2,106. Use the chart and map above to compare Takiyah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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