Zackery
Masculine · “the Lord has remembered”
Zackery is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 17,748 boys against 5 girls since 1880.
Zackery writes Zachary the way it sounds, and the Hebrew behind it is a sentence: the Lord has remembered. It belongs to a prophet with a book and to the father of John the Baptist.
How old is the name Zackery?
Zackery first appears in US birth records in 1948 — 77 years ago. The typical Zackery alive today was born around 1997, making them about 28 years old. About 17,000 people named Zackery are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zackery most popular?
Zackery peaked in 1994, reaching #307 nationally. Today it ranks #3450, 3,143 places below that high. See the whole 1994 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From Zekharyah to Zackery
The story of Zackery
Zechariah and Zacharias were in Christian use from the early church, and English took Zachary from the Latin. The name rose extremely fast in twentieth-century America, reaching the top twenty for boys in the 1990s. Four spellings ran at once — Zachary, Zachery, Zackary, Zackery — and this one peaked in the mid-1990s.
Meaning
the Lord has remembered
From the Hebrew Zekharyah — zakhar, 'he remembered', and Yah, the divine name. Hebrew names of this shape are complete statements. The prophet Zechariah has a book in the Hebrew Bible; Zacharias in Luke is struck mute until his son is named John.
How the name formed
- Zekharyah
- Zacharias
- Zachary
- Zackery
Related forms: Zachary · Zackary · Zekharyah
Pronouncing Zackery
ZAK-uh-ree
Three syllables, stress on the first. All four spellings are said identically.
Nicknames for Zackery
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
- 1948
- Most boys named
- 1994861 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #307reached in 1994
- Change vs 2023
- −35.3%33 in 2025, from 51
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.
Zackery in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Zachary in English — spelling variant
- Zackary in English — spelling variant
- Zekharyah in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Zackerys among us
people named Zackery are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 51,760 born in 2025 was named Zackery
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 Thaddeus test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zackery's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Thaddeus climbed just as high around 1918, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Thaddeus's path sketches the road Zackery is walking now.
Zackery 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 Zackery is headed
Zackery is easing off slowly — about 21% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
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.
Zackery beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zackery in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is a complete statement rather than a word, which is characteristic of the best Hebrew names.
- This spelling makes the Zack clipping visible in the full name.
- Two documented biblical bearers, one of them with a book of his own.
- Zachary is the standard spelling and four variants were in use at once.
- It is closely dated to the 1990s in American records.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Zackery to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Zackery? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Zackery
Masculine · #3450 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Zackerys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 17,000 people named Zackery are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Zackery in 2025?
- Zackery ranks #3450 among US boy names in 2025, with 33 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zackery?
- About 1 in every 51,760 US boys born in 2025 was named Zackery — 33 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zackery with classmates?
- Zackery will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Zackery
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Sabastian#3450 · Luc#3450 · Deshaun#3450 · Trayvon#3450 · Blade#3450 · Oz#3450 · Josiyah#3450 · Fausto#3450
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Zackery? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Zackery and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle