Zacari
Masculine · “the Lord has remembered”
Zacari is given to both — 870 boys and 196 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Zacari respells Zachary, and the Hebrew means the Lord has remembered — a name given after a long wait.
How old is the name Zacari?
Zacari first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Zacari is a kid of about 5 — this name's wave is very recent. About 900 people named Zacari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zacari most popular?
Zacari peaked in 2022, reaching #1861 nationally. Today it ranks #2284, 423 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
From zakhar Yah to Zacari
The story of Zacari
Luke has Zechariah struck mute for doubting the angel and made to write his son's name on a tablet — John — at which his speech returns. The Hebrew says God has remembered, which is the point of the scene. Zacari is a modern respelling and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
the Lord has remembered
Through Zachary, from the Hebrew Zekharyah — zakhar, 'to remember', and Yah, the divine name. The prophet Zechariah and John the Baptist's father both carry it. The Hebrew is transparent and the reading undisputed.
How the name formed
- zakhar Yah
- Zekharyah
- Zachary
- Zacari
Related forms: Zachary · Zacarías · זכריה
Pronouncing Zacari
ZAK-uh-ree
Three syllables, stress on the first. Spanish Zacarías stresses the third.
Nicknames for Zacari
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
- 1992
- Most boys named
- 202285 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1861reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −12.9%61 in 2025, from 70
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.
Zacari in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Zachary in English — spelling variant
- Zacarías in Spanish — related form
- זכריה in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Georgia.
Zacaris among us
people named Zacari are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,001 born in 2025 was named Zacari
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Zacari
- #2284
- Zacari on the 2025 chart
- #526
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Zacari went to 61 boys in 2025, but Zakari, Zackary and Zakhari and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 7 spellings went to 462, which makes it the 526th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,758 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 3,697 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,001 for Zacari itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ladell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zacari's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ladell climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ladell's path sketches the road Zacari is walking now.
Zacari 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
Where Zacari is headed
Zacari should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Zacari beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zacari in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Zechariah is struck mute and writes the name is a first-rate scene.
- The Lord-has-remembered meaning is transparent and warm.
- Zac is available as a short form with a large record.
- Zachary is overwhelmingly the standard spelling.
- At least four spellings of the sound are in circulation.
- The respelling will be corrected by other people constantly.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zacaris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Zacari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Zacari?
- Zacari is one of 7 recorded spellings. Zakari is the more common one — 206 births in 2025 against 61 for Zacari.
- How popular is the name Zacari in 2025?
- Zacari ranks #2284 among US boy names in 2025, with 61 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zacari?
- About 1 in every 28,001 US boys born in 2025 was named Zacari — 61 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zacari with classmates?
- Zacari will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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