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Zackariah

Masculine · “the Lord has remembered”

1973high 2010
#4396 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare23 boys in 2025

Zackariah is one of the American spellings of Zechariah, and the name is a claim about God acting rather than merely remembering.

How old is the name Zackariah?

Zackariah first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Zackariah alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 1,300 people named Zackariah are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Zackariah most popular?

Zackariah peaked in 1993, reaching #2209 nationally. Today it ranks #4396, 2,187 places below that high. See the whole 1993 chart.

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Where it comes from

Our story of Zackariah

Ours, offered as ours. Remembering in the Hebrew Bible is never passive: when God remembers Noah the flood recedes, when God remembers Rachel she conceives, when God remembers the covenant something happens. The verb is about acting on what is held in mind. So a name meaning the Lord has remembered is not sentimental — it is a statement that something was done. That is worth having behind a name with four American spellings.

Meaning

the Lord has remembered

From Hebrew zakhar, to remember, with a form of the divine name. In biblical usage God remembering someone means intervening on their behalf, so the name is about action rather than recollection.

Pronouncing Zackariah

zak-uh-RY-uh

Four syllables with the stress on the third. Every spelling is said the same.

Nicknames for Zackariah

Moderate

ZackThe front clip
ZachThe other spelling of the same clip
RiahTakes the ending
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1973–202554270542319732025

US babies named Zackariah per year from 1973 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#22091970s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1973
Most boys named
201054 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#2209reached in 1993
Change vs 2024
+15.0%23 in 2025, from 20
Zackariah sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2010, with 54 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Zackariah in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Zachariah in English — spelling variant
  • Zekharyah in Hebrew — same name
  • Zakariyya in Arabic — same name

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.

Zackariahs among us

1,300

people named Zackariah are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 74,264 born in 2025 was named Zackariah

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Zackariah

#4396
Zackariah on the 2025 chart
#561
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Zackariah went to 23 boys in 2025, but Zakariya, Zakaria and Zakariah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 9 spellings went to 406, which makes it the 561st most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,835 places above the chart.

and 1 rarer spelling.

About 1 boy in 4,207 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 74,264 for Zackariah 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

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Is it right for you

The Rody test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zackariah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rody climbed just as high around 1960, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rody's path sketches the road Zackariah is walking now.

40%chance Zackariah will feel dated by 2040
Zackariah, aligned on its peakRody· peak 1960not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+60 yrsRody · #10131Zackariah today
Zackariah today is about where Rody stood in 1992 — 32 years past a #2210-sized peak. By 2007, Rody had settled around #9094.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Zackariah 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

Zackariah beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Zackariah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Zackariahthis name23#4396Odell23#4396Corwin23#4396Tennyson23#4396Marques23#4396

US boys given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • A settled meaning that forms a complete sentence with real weight.
  • Zack is a plain, permanent and very current short form.
  • The initial Z keeps it distinct on any list.
What to consider
  • Zachariah is the standard spelling and will be written for him.
  • Ten letters and four syllables is a great deal for early handwriting.
  • Zachariah, Zackariah, Zecharia and Zachary are all in use.

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Frequently asked

How many Zackariahs are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Zackariah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Zackariah?
Zackariah is one of 8 recorded spellings. Zakariya is the more common one — 189 births in 2025 against 23 for Zackariah.
How popular is the name Zackariah in 2025?
Zackariah ranks #4396 among US boy names in 2025, with 23 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Zackariah?
About 1 in every 74,264 US boys born in 2025 was named Zackariah — 23 in all.
Will my child share the name Zackariah with classmates?
Zackariah will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Zackariah

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Odell#4396 · Corwin#4396 · Tennyson#4396 · Marques#4396 · Manu#4396 · Omid#4396 · Azeem#4396 · Burton#4396

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