Meaning not yet researched.
Zachary: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,646 in 2025. Its best rank was #12 in 1994.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #12 in 1994; #216 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Zachary in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#216 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1994, at #12.
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Zachary: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,646 boys in 2025. Peak: #12 in 1994 · most boys in one year: 25,538 (1993).
In 2025, 1,646 US boys were named Zachary, making it the 216th most common boys’ name of the year, down 22 places from #194 in 2024. That is 198 fewer than the 1,844 boys named Zachary in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #12, reached in 1994. The most boys given the name in a single year was 25,538, in 1993. For comparison, it was #88 in 2015 and #554 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Zachary in 115 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1900 with 6 babies. In all, 553,281 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 225,757 babies named Zachary.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 28,267 US boys were named Zachary; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 4,576. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,038 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Zachary ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #126 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Zachariah (31,275 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 Zacarias, Zachari and Zachory 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.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Zacarias (1,132), Zachari (907), Zachory (734), Zahari (552), Zacharey (446), Zakhari (431), Zacchary (138), Zacharee (102), Zacharyah (77), Zakarias (47), Zakhary (31), Zacharry (22), and more.
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 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 77 | #126 | #61 |
| New York | 147 | #128 | #60 |
| Massachusetts | 54 | #134 | #43 |
| Delaware | 8 | #139 | #77 |
| Connecticut | 27 | #140 | #48 |
| New Hampshire | 11 | #144 | #64 |
| Pennsylvania | 89 | #145 | #74 |
| Maryland | 36 | #170 | #71 |
| California | 215 | #184 | #102 |
| Alaska | 5 | #201 | #76 |
| Virginia | 44 | #202 | #62 |
| Maine | 7 | #205 | #81 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #207 | #68 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #213 | #106 |
| Mississippi | 15 | #214 | #126 |
| Florida | 99 | #217 | #79 |
| Indiana | 39 | #218 | #107 |
| Washington | 37 | #219 | #100 |
| Nevada | 14 | #228 | #94 |
| Illinois | 52 | #229 | #83 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #235 | #84 |
| Nebraska | 11 | #243 | #90 |
| Michigan | 42 | #247 | #76 |
| Oklahoma | 20 | #251 | #173 |
| Texas | 153 | #259 | #112 |
| Colorado | 26 | #261 | #99 |
| Utah | 20 | #264 | #88 |
| Louisiana | 20 | #265 | #129 |
| Ohio | 46 | #273 | #81 |
| Alabama | 21 | #273 | #112 |
| Georgia | 45 | #278 | #96 |
| Kentucky | 20 | #279 | #96 |
| North Carolina | 44 | #286 | #95 |
| Montana | 5 | #293 | #114 |
| Arizona | 26 | #307 | #82 |
| Missouri | 22 | #316 | #91 |
| Tennessee | 28 | #324 | #120 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #327 | #88 |
| Minnesota | 17 | #355 | #76 |
| Oregon | 11 | #376 | #79 |
| Idaho | 7 | #376 | #106 |
| Iowa | 10 | #378 | #138 |
| South Carolina | 14 | #383 | #101 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #482 | #93 |
| Kansas | 7 | #522 | #127 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #553 | #101 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,646 | #216 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,844 | #194 |
| 2023 | — | — | 2,128 | #171 |
| 2022 | 5 | #17,700 | 2,263 | #165 |
| 2021 | — | — | 2,598 | #144 |
| 2020 | — | — | 2,729 | #135 |
| 2019 | 6 | #15,494 | 3,084 | #124 |
| 2018 | — | — | 3,577 | #107 |
| 2017 | 5 | #18,371 | 3,822 | #103 |
| 2016 | 9 | #11,754 | 4,576 | #89 |
| 2015 | 5 | #19,044 | 4,866 | #88 |
| 2014 | 8 | #13,039 | 5,188 | #82 |
| 2013 | 6 | #16,474 | 5,775 | #73 |
| 2012 | 8 | #13,438 | 6,263 | #67 |
| 2011 | 7 | #14,794 | 6,811 | #64 |
| 2010 | 10 | #11,223 | 7,184 | #61 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,438 | 8,091 | #53 |
| 2008 | 12 | #10,066 | 9,235 | #47 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,804 | 10,217 | #42 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,348 | 11,013 | #33 |
| 2005 | 20 | #6,242 | 12,288 | #29 |
| 2004 | 70 | #2,445 | 13,712 | #26 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,791 | 15,541 | #20 |
| 2002 | 26 | #4,763 | 16,622 | #19 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,863 | 18,185 | #16 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,524 | 19,852 | #15 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,893 | 19,985 | #17 |
| 1998 | 43 | #3,011 | 20,580 | #16 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,545 | 21,929 | #13 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,965 | 22,369 | #14 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,393 | 23,131 | #14 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,411 | 25,139 | #12 |
| 1993 | 53 | #2,414 | 25,538 | #15 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,458 | 24,802 | #16 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,619 | 21,387 | #22 |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,257 | 20,430 | #22 |
| 1989 | 69 | #1,909 | 18,077 | #25 |
| 1988 | 105 | #1,367 | 15,870 | #29 |
| 1987 | 84 | #1,530 | 13,201 | #33 |
| 1986 | 87 | #1,465 | 11,725 | #38 |
| 1985 | 77 | #1,574 | 11,346 | #39 |
| 1984 | 56 | #1,904 | 9,065 | #45 |
| 1983 | 39 | #2,432 | 7,309 | #50 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,412 | 6,139 | #55 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,985 | 4,841 | #63 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,067 | 4,245 | #72 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,076 | 4,156 | #74 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,635 | 3,127 | #89 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,910 | 2,777 | #95 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,606 | 2,644 | #97 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,978 | 1,688 | #145 |
| 1974 | 5 | #10,243 | 1,274 | #179 |
| 1973 | — | — | 1,135 | #197 |
| 1972 | 6 | #8,283 | 1,001 | #221 |
| 1971 | — | — | 701 | #289 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,988 | 557 | #342 |
| 1969 | — | — | 418 | #383 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,243 | 340 | #416 |
| 1967 | — | — | 363 | #402 |
| 1966 | — | — | 329 | #420 |
| 1965 | — | — | 313 | #436 |
| 1964 | — | — | 333 | #440 |
| 1963 | — | — | 326 | #440 |
| 1962 | — | — | 339 | #434 |
| 1961 | — | — | 369 | #414 |
| 1960 | 5 | #7,321 | 346 | #432 |
| 1959 | — | — | 262 | #485 |
| 1958 | — | — | 236 | #503 |
| 1957 | — | — | 289 | #454 |
| 1956 | — | — | 270 | #461 |
| 1955 | — | — | 280 | #444 |
| 1954 | — | — | 200 | #515 |
| 1953 | — | — | 161 | #563 |
| 1952 | — | — | 171 | #539 |
| 1951 | — | — | 151 | #558 |
| 1950 | — | — | 149 | #554 |
| 1949 | — | — | 107 | #668 |
| 1948 | — | — | 91 | #704 |
| 1947 | — | — | 70 | #835 |
| 1946 | — | — | 49 | #966 |
| 1945 | — | — | 19 | #1,580 |
| 1944 | — | — | 10 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | — | — | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1942 | — | — | 15 | #1,945 |
| 1941 | — | — | 9 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | — | — | 20 | #1,572 |
| 1939 | — | — | 15 | #1,878 |
| 1938 | — | — | 15 | #1,899 |
| 1937 | — | — | 18 | #1,687 |
| 1936 | — | — | 9 | #2,627 |
| 1935 | — | — | 13 | #2,125 |
| 1934 | — | — | 11 | #2,392 |
| 1933 | — | — | 14 | #1,995 |
| 1932 | — | — | 17 | #1,847 |
| 1931 | — | — | 14 | #2,100 |
| 1930 | — | — | 16 | #1,963 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,792 |
| 1928 | — | — | 14 | #2,268 |
| 1927 | — | — | 13 | #2,406 |
| 1926 | — | — | 22 | #1,659 |
| 1925 | — | — | 21 | #1,744 |
| 1924 | — | — | 13 | #2,472 |
| 1923 | — | — | 20 | #1,813 |
| 1922 | — | — | 11 | #2,798 |
| 1921 | — | — | 19 | #1,902 |
| 1920 | — | — | 16 | #2,129 |
| 1919 | — | — | 20 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | — | — | 11 | #2,697 |
| 1917 | — | — | 10 | #2,728 |
| 1916 | — | — | 17 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | — | — | 14 | #2,068 |
| 1914 | — | — | 11 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | — | — | 18 | #1,254 |
| 1912 | — | — | 8 | #2,044 |
| 1900 | — | — | 6 | #1,309 |
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).