Zach
Masculine · “the Lord has remembered”
Zach shortens Zachary — the Lord has remembered — and Zechariah is struck mute for doubting an angel.
How old is the name Zach?
Zach first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Zach alive today was born around 2004, making them about 21 years old. About 2,700 people named Zach are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zach most popular?
Zach peaked in 1972, reaching #1566 nationally. Today it ranks #2480, 914 places below that high. See the whole 1972 chart.
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Where it comes from
From zakhar Yah to Zach
The story of Zach
Luke has Zechariah struck mute for doubting the angel's promise 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. Zach is the standard English clipping and is in current American 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
- Zach
Related forms: Zack · Zak · Zachary
Pronouncing Zach
ZAK
One syllable. Zach, Zack and Zak are all homophones.
Nicknames for Zach
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
- 1913
- Most boys named
- 200786 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1566reached in 1972
- Change vs 2023
- −14.3%54 in 2025, from 63
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.
Zach in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Zack in English — spelling variant
- Zak in English — spelling variant
- Zachary in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Zachs among us
people named Zach are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 31,631 born in 2025 was named Zach
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 Doroteo test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zach's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Doroteo climbed just as high around 1929, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Doroteo's path sketches the road Zach is walking now.
Zach 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 Zach is headed
Zach 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.
Zach beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zach 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.
- Zachary is available as a full formal version.
- One syllable, sharp, and never mispronounced.
- At least three spellings of the clipping are in circulation.
- It reads as a nickname rather than a full name.
- The ch spelling invites a ch sound.
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Masculine · #2480 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Zachs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Zach are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zach in 2025?
- Zach ranks #2480 among US boy names in 2025, with 54 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zach?
- About 1 in every 31,631 US boys born in 2025 was named Zach — 54 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zach with classmates?
- Zach will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Zach
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