Zachory
Masculine · “the Lord has remembered”
Zachory respells a Hebrew name that belongs, in the gospel version, to a priest who asks a fair question at the wrong moment and spends most of a year unable to speak.
How old is the name Zachory?
Zachory first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Zachory alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 700 people named Zachory are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zachory most popular?
Zachory peaked in 1992, reaching #1778 nationally. See the whole 1992 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Zachory
An angel appears to an elderly priest in the temple and tells him his wife will have a son. He points out, reasonably, that they are both old. For this he is struck mute until the birth, comes out unable to explain what happened, and spends the pregnancy in silence. When the child is born and the family assumes he will be named after his father, the mother says no, and the neighbors appeal to the father, who writes the name on a tablet and immediately gets his voice back. The detail that he writes it, rather than nodding at a suggestion, is the point of the scene, and it is the first thing he has been able to communicate in nine months.
Meaning
the Lord has remembered
The Hebrew name is a short sentence about God remembering, and the reading is settled. Only the spelling here is modern.
Pronouncing Zachory
ZAK-uh-ree
Three syllables with the stress in front, said exactly like Zachary. The altered vowel is not audible.
Nicknames for Zachory
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
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 199247 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1778reached in 1992
- Change vs 2011
- −14.3%6 in 2012, 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.
Zachorys among us
people named Zachory are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Zachory sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Zach is available as a short form from the first day and needs no explaining.
- The meaning is settled and can be given in four words.
- The sound is completely familiar, so the name is never a puzzle to say.
- Zachary is the standard spelling and this one will be corrected to it constantly.
- The changed letter cannot be heard, so the spelling has to be given aloud every time.
- No reason for it is documented, so there is nothing to say when someone asks why.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zachorys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Zachory are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zachory in 2025?
- Zachory is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Zachory with classmates?
- Zachory will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More Z names
The most-given names starting with Z, all years combined.
Zachary#216 · Zane#324 · Zion#142 · Zayden#213 · Zackary#1509 · Zachariah#536 · Zachery#2991 · Zander#396
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