Zaccai
Masculine · “pure”
Zaccai is pure in Hebrew — zakkai, the same root as Zacchaeus, the short tax collector who climbed a tree to see over a crowd.
How old is the name Zaccai?
Zaccai first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Zaccai is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Zaccai are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zaccai most popular?
Zaccai peaked in 2025, reaching #1852 nationally. Today it ranks #1852, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From zakkai to Zaccai
The story of Zaccai
Zaccai appears in Ezra as the ancestor of a family that returned from Babylon. The Greek Zacchaeus in Luke is a chief tax collector — a despised office — who climbs a sycamore to see over the crowd and is called down. The name has returned to American use in the 2000s and is in current use.
Meaning
pure, innocent
From the Hebrew zakkai, 'pure' or 'innocent', from a root about being clean or acquitted. Zaccai is named in Ezra and Nehemiah among those who returned from exile. Zacchaeus is the Greek form of the same name. The Hebrew is ordinary and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- zakkai
- Zaccai
- Zacchaeus
Related forms: זכי · Zacchaeus · Zakai
Pronouncing Zaccai
ZAK-eye
Two syllables, stress on the first. Hebrew places the stress on the second, za-KYE.
Nicknames for Zaccai
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
- 2000
- Most boys named
- 202585 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1852reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +10.4%85 in 2025, from 77
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.
Zaccai in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- זכי in Hebrew — transliteration
- Zacchaeus in English — related form
- Zakai in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Georgia.
Zaccais among us
people named Zaccai are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 20,095 born in 2025 was named Zaccai
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Zaccai
- #1852
- Zaccai on the 2025 chart
- #428
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Zaccai went to 85 boys in 2025, but Zakai, Zakkai and Zakhai and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 6 spellings went to 672, which makes it the 428th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,424 places above the chart.
- Zakai528
- Zaccai85
- Zakkai27
- Zakhai18
- Zacai7
- Zakaii7
About 1 boy in 2,542 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 20,095 for Zaccai 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 Sanchez test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zaccai's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sanchez climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sanchez's path sketches the road Zaccai is walking now.
Zaccai is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Zaccai is headed
Zaccai looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 55% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Zaccai beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zaccai in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The pure meaning is transparent and undisputed.
- Zac and Kai are two short forms, both fully current names.
- The Zacchaeus story is one of the most memorable small scenes in Luke.
- The stress placement differs between Hebrew and English readings.
- Zachary and Zacchaeus are close enough to cause confusion.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zaccais are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Zaccai are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Zaccai?
- Zaccai is one of 6 recorded spellings. Zakai is the more common one — 528 births in 2025 against 85 for Zaccai.
- How popular is the name Zaccai in 2025?
- Zaccai ranks #1852 among US boy names in 2025, with 85 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zaccai?
- About 1 in every 20,095 US boys born in 2025 was named Zaccai — 85 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zaccai with classmates?
- Zaccai will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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