Meaning not yet researched.
Zachariah: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 558 in 2025. Its best rank was #305 in 1992.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #305 in 1992; #538 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Zachariah in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#538 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1992, at #305.
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Zachariah: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 558 boys in 2025. Peak: #305 in 1992 · most boys in one year: 874 (1992).
In 2025, 558 US boys were named Zachariah, making it the 538th most common boys’ name of the year, up 30 places from #568 in 2024. That is 41 more than the 517 boys named Zachariah in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #305, reached in 1992. That year also had the most boys given the name: 874. For comparison, it was #417 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Zachariah in 91 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 31,275 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 7,645 babies named Zachariah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,865 US boys were named Zachariah; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 710. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,061 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Zachariah ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #178 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Zachary (553,281 babies since 1880), Zechariah (11,369 babies since 1880), Zakaria (3,349 babies since 1880) and Zacharias (2,074 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Zacheriah, Zacheria and Zakharia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Zac, Zach, Zachy, Zack, Zak and Zakk.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Zacheriah (650), Zacheria (34), Zakharia (15), Zachariyah (10).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 18 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 12 | #178 | #232 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #206 | — |
| California | 82 | #408 | #435 |
| Indiana | 18 | #410 | #371 |
| Washington | 18 | #423 | #567 |
| Oregon | 8 | #473 | #709 |
| North Carolina | 23 | #474 | #306 |
| Texas | 71 | #475 | #369 |
| Michigan | 18 | #486 | #449 |
| Arizona | 15 | #490 | #346 |
| Nevada | 6 | #513 | #390 |
| Mississippi | 6 | #520 | #370 |
| Wisconsin | 10 | #521 | #375 |
| New Jersey | 15 | #522 | #396 |
| Colorado | 11 | #533 | #336 |
| Ohio | 20 | #538 | #422 |
| Missouri | 11 | #557 | #409 |
| Virginia | 14 | #562 | #386 |
| Iowa | 6 | #568 | — |
| Connecticut | 5 | #571 | — |
| Florida | 30 | #583 | #385 |
| Tennessee | 13 | #589 | #385 |
| Georgia | 18 | #591 | #372 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #617 | #374 |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #629 | #415 |
| Kansas | 5 | #692 | #580 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #704 | #377 |
| Minnesota | 7 | #715 | #580 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #741 | #398 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #770 | #577 |
| New York | 18 | #797 | #627 |
| Illinois | 11 | #802 | #522 |
| Alabama | 5 | #878 | #368 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 558 | #538 |
| 2024 | — | — | 517 | #568 |
| 2023 | — | — | 490 | #585 |
| 2022 | — | — | 565 | #528 |
| 2021 | — | — | 541 | #543 |
| 2020 | — | — | 552 | #522 |
| 2019 | — | — | 620 | #474 |
| 2018 | — | — | 607 | #484 |
| 2017 | — | — | 705 | #441 |
| 2016 | — | — | 710 | #436 |
| 2015 | — | — | 747 | #417 |
| 2014 | — | — | 669 | #445 |
| 2013 | — | — | 755 | #399 |
| 2012 | — | — | 643 | #431 |
| 2011 | — | — | 582 | #459 |
| 2010 | 5 | #19,775 | 603 | #445 |
| 2009 | — | — | 657 | #429 |
| 2008 | — | — | 650 | #439 |
| 2007 | — | — | 640 | #437 |
| 2006 | — | — | 691 | #416 |
| 2005 | — | — | 667 | #409 |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,781 | 620 | #419 |
| 2003 | — | — | 688 | #380 |
| 2002 | — | — | 660 | #395 |
| 2001 | — | — | 658 | #387 |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,613 | 700 | #374 |
| 1999 | — | — | 676 | #383 |
| 1998 | 5 | #16,559 | 687 | #373 |
| 1997 | — | — | 706 | #358 |
| 1996 | — | — | 716 | #347 |
| 1995 | — | — | 772 | #332 |
| 1994 | — | — | 809 | #320 |
| 1993 | — | — | 810 | #324 |
| 1992 | — | — | 874 | #305 |
| 1991 | — | — | 833 | #312 |
| 1990 | — | — | 757 | #327 |
| 1989 | — | — | 698 | #334 |
| 1988 | — | — | 640 | #337 |
| 1987 | — | — | 538 | #363 |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,823 | 498 | #372 |
| 1985 | — | — | 491 | #372 |
| 1984 | 5 | #12,173 | 430 | #397 |
| 1983 | 7 | #9,012 | 440 | #381 |
| 1982 | — | — | 459 | #377 |
| 1981 | — | — | 384 | #427 |
| 1980 | — | — | 406 | #403 |
| 1979 | — | — | 371 | #413 |
| 1978 | — | — | 302 | #464 |
| 1977 | — | — | 281 | #483 |
| 1976 | — | — | 234 | #529 |
| 1975 | — | — | 186 | #592 |
| 1974 | — | — | 159 | #640 |
| 1973 | — | — | 155 | #641 |
| 1972 | — | — | 134 | #696 |
| 1971 | — | — | 63 | #1,033 |
| 1970 | — | — | 16 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | — | — | 7 | #3,930 |
| 1967 | — | — | 8 | #3,228 |
| 1963 | — | — | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1962 | — | — | 5 | #4,630 |
| 1958 | — | — | 5 | #4,501 |
| 1957 | — | — | 5 | #4,550 |
| 1955 | — | — | 5 | #4,395 |
| 1954 | — | — | 6 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | — | — | 9 | #2,901 |
| 1952 | — | — | 7 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | — | — | 6 | #3,708 |
| 1949 | — | — | 9 | #2,801 |
| 1946 | — | — | 8 | #2,917 |
| 1945 | — | — | 5 | #3,782 |
| 1939 | — | — | 5 | #3,966 |
| 1937 | — | — | 6 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | — | — | 6 | #3,546 |
| 1934 | — | — | 6 | #3,676 |
| 1928 | — | — | 5 | #4,721 |
| 1927 | — | — | 5 | #4,797 |
| 1926 | — | — | 5 | #4,834 |
| 1925 | — | — | 5 | #4,858 |
| 1924 | — | — | 7 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | — | — | 10 | #2,947 |
| 1922 | — | — | 7 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | — | — | 6 | #4,318 |
| 1919 | — | — | 8 | #3,390 |
| 1917 | — | — | 7 | #3,542 |
| 1916 | — | — | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1915 | — | — | 5 | #4,387 |
| 1914 | — | — | 6 | #3,261 |
| 1913 | — | — | 6 | #2,817 |
| 1892 | — | — | 5 | #1,260 |
| 1884 | — | — | 5 | #1,125 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #1,058 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).