Zakaria
Masculine · “the Lord has remembered”
Zakaria is given to both — 2,883 boys and 466 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Zakaria is the Arabic of Zechariah — a prophet in the Quran as well as the Bible, and the man whose prayer for a son in old age is answered in both books.
How old is the name Zakaria?
Zakaria first appears in US birth records in 1980 — 45 years ago. The typical Zakaria is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,900 people named Zakaria are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Zakaria most popular?
Zakaria peaked in 2017, reaching #1256 nationally. Today it ranks #1520, 264 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Zekharyah to Zakaria
The story of Zakaria
Zakariyya appears in the Quran as a prophet who prays for an heir in old age and is given Yahya — the John of the Gospels, where the same man is Zacharias and is struck mute. The name is used across the Muslim world in many spellings. Zakaria appears in American records rising through the 2000s and is in current use.
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. Arabic took it as Zakariyya, and the Quran names him a prophet and the guardian of Maryam. The Hebrew is undisputed.
How the name formed
- Zekharyah
- Zakariyya
- Zakaria
Related forms: زكريا · Zachariah · Zakaria · Zakaria
Pronouncing Zakaria
zak-uh-REE-uh
Four syllables, stress on the third. Arabic Zakariyya gives the final syllable a fuller double-y hold.
Nicknames for Zakaria
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
- 1980
- Most boys named
- 2017145 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1256reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −15.6%114 in 2025, from 135
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.
Zakaria in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- زكريا in Arabic — transliteration
- Zachariah in English — related form
- Zakaria in Swahili — same name
- Zakaria in Indonesian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Minnesota, New York, California.
Zakarias among us
people named Zakaria are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 14,983 born in 2025 was named Zakaria
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Zakaria
- #1520
- Zakaria on the 2025 chart
- #561
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Zakaria went to 114 boys in 2025, but Zakariya, Zakariah and Zackariah 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 — 959 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 14,983 for Zakaria 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 Lennis test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Zakaria's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Lennis climbed just as high around 1948, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Lennis's path sketches the road Zakaria is walking now.
Zakaria 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 Zakaria is headed
Zakaria 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.
Zakaria beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Zakaria 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 the mark of the best Hebrew names.
- The same figure is a prophet in both the Bible and the Quran, which is rare.
- Zak is available as a short form with an enormous record.
- Many spellings exist across the languages that use it.
- Four syllables make it long for everyday use.
- English speakers will often assume Zachariah.
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Frequently asked
- How many Zakarias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,900 people named Zakaria are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Zakaria?
- Zakaria is one of 8 recorded spellings. Zakariya is the more common one — 189 births in 2025 against 114 for Zakaria.
- How popular is the name Zakaria in 2025?
- Zakaria ranks #1520 among US boy names in 2025, with 114 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Zakaria?
- About 1 in every 14,983 US boys born in 2025 was named Zakaria — 114 in all.
- Will my child share the name Zakaria with classmates?
- Zakaria will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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