Zachary
Hebrew Zekharyah, “Yahweh has remembered.”
Popularity, 1880–2025
Zachary first shows up in the national records in 1900. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in every year from 1976 to 2016. Its biggest year was 1993, when 25,538 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 15 nationally. Its best ranking came in 1994, at No. 12. In 2025 it ranked No. 216 for boys. All told, 553,281 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Zackary (31,600), Zachery (29,874), Zackery (17,753), Zakary (5,613), Zakari (2,729), Zakery (1,339) (total births since 1880)
Explore Zachary interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | No. 1162 |
| 1910s | 109 | No. 1205 |
| 1920s | 168 | No. 1605 |
| 1930s | 142 | No. 1627 |
| 1940s | 404 | No. 664 |
| 1950s | 2,169 | No. 443 |
| 1960s | 3,476 | No. 382 |
| 1970s | 19,060 | No. 74 |
| 1980s | 101,818 | No. 25 |
| 1990s | 225,290 | No. 12 |
| 2000s | 134,756 | No. 15 |
| 2010s | 51,146 | No. 61 |
| 2020s | 13,208 | No. 135 |
Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.