Meaning not yet researched.
Zack: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 126 in 2025. Its best rank was #317 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #317 in 1883; #1,435 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Zack in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,435 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #317.
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Zack: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 126 boys in 2025. Peak: #317 in 1883 · most boys in one year: 237 (2008).
In 2025, 126 US boys were named Zack, making it the 1,435th most common boys’ name of the year, down 40 places from #1,395 in 2024. That is 9 fewer than the 135 boys named Zack in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #317, reached in 1883. The most boys given the name in a single year was 237, in 2008. For comparison, it was #1,222 in 2015 and #1,219 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Zack in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 19 babies with the name. In all, 9,012 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 1,872 babies named Zack.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,472 US boys were named Zack; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 189. In 2025 that was about 1 in 13,556 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Zack ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #705 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Zach (2,804 babies since 1880) and Zac (1,600 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Zak, Zakk and Zayce are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Zach and Zak.
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: Zak (1,608), Zakk (525), Zayce (16), Zace (5), Zake (5).
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 44 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 10 | #705 | #848 |
| New York | 16 | #884 | #1,238 |
| California | 26 | #905 | #989 |
| Florida | 16 | #910 | #1,679 |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,021 | — |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,465 | #1,117 |
| Texas | 6 | #2,566 | #1,100 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 126 | #1,435 |
| 2024 | — | — | 135 | #1,395 |
| 2023 | — | — | 149 | #1,293 |
| 2022 | — | — | 142 | #1,329 |
| 2021 | — | — | 150 | #1,272 |
| 2020 | — | — | 139 | #1,307 |
| 2019 | — | — | 131 | #1,371 |
| 2018 | — | — | 161 | #1,187 |
| 2017 | — | — | 150 | #1,231 |
| 2016 | — | — | 189 | #1,048 |
| 2015 | — | — | 151 | #1,222 |
| 2014 | — | — | 138 | #1,294 |
| 2013 | — | — | 178 | #1,062 |
| 2012 | — | — | 171 | #1,094 |
| 2011 | — | — | 184 | #1,036 |
| 2010 | — | — | 205 | #968 |
| 2009 | — | — | 223 | #930 |
| 2008 | — | — | 237 | #889 |
| 2007 | — | — | 221 | #905 |
| 2006 | — | — | 199 | #944 |
| 2005 | — | — | 188 | #934 |
| 2004 | — | — | 184 | #924 |
| 2003 | — | — | 183 | #912 |
| 2002 | — | — | 161 | #984 |
| 2001 | — | — | 133 | #1,085 |
| 2000 | — | — | 143 | #1,025 |
| 1999 | — | — | 136 | #1,027 |
| 1998 | — | — | 93 | #1,296 |
| 1997 | — | — | 97 | #1,223 |
| 1996 | — | — | 93 | #1,216 |
| 1995 | — | — | 94 | #1,201 |
| 1994 | — | — | 102 | #1,127 |
| 1993 | — | — | 98 | #1,143 |
| 1992 | — | — | 93 | #1,149 |
| 1991 | — | — | 71 | #1,351 |
| 1990 | — | — | 73 | #1,305 |
| 1989 | — | — | 89 | #1,129 |
| 1988 | — | — | 89 | #1,056 |
| 1987 | — | — | 57 | #1,315 |
| 1986 | — | — | 53 | #1,362 |
| 1985 | — | — | 57 | #1,281 |
| 1984 | — | — | 62 | #1,165 |
| 1983 | — | — | 51 | #1,313 |
| 1982 | — | — | 46 | #1,414 |
| 1981 | — | — | 41 | #1,519 |
| 1980 | — | — | 47 | #1,390 |
| 1979 | — | — | 43 | #1,434 |
| 1978 | — | — | 42 | #1,451 |
| 1977 | — | — | 41 | #1,449 |
| 1976 | — | — | 35 | #1,571 |
| 1975 | — | — | 40 | #1,406 |
| 1974 | — | — | 42 | #1,334 |
| 1973 | — | — | 42 | #1,293 |
| 1972 | — | — | 34 | #1,472 |
| 1971 | — | — | 29 | #1,667 |
| 1970 | — | — | 30 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | — | — | 26 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | — | — | 23 | #1,694 |
| 1967 | — | — | 28 | #1,475 |
| 1966 | — | — | 24 | #1,612 |
| 1965 | — | — | 18 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | — | — | 33 | #1,383 |
| 1963 | — | — | 33 | #1,374 |
| 1962 | — | — | 46 | #1,146 |
| 1961 | — | — | 38 | #1,302 |
| 1960 | — | — | 30 | #1,485 |
| 1959 | — | — | 36 | #1,323 |
| 1958 | — | — | 37 | #1,276 |
| 1957 | — | — | 35 | #1,344 |
| 1956 | — | — | 30 | #1,442 |
| 1955 | — | — | 39 | #1,218 |
| 1954 | — | — | 36 | #1,267 |
| 1953 | — | — | 39 | #1,213 |
| 1952 | — | — | 38 | #1,212 |
| 1951 | — | — | 35 | #1,260 |
| 1950 | — | — | 36 | #1,219 |
| 1949 | — | — | 29 | #1,379 |
| 1948 | — | — | 35 | #1,230 |
| 1947 | — | — | 26 | #1,481 |
| 1946 | — | — | 44 | #1,044 |
| 1945 | — | — | 17 | #1,695 |
| 1944 | — | — | 31 | #1,211 |
| 1943 | — | — | 31 | #1,257 |
| 1942 | — | — | 28 | #1,333 |
| 1941 | — | — | 30 | #1,229 |
| 1940 | — | — | 18 | #1,679 |
| 1939 | — | — | 33 | #1,140 |
| 1938 | — | — | 31 | #1,198 |
| 1937 | — | — | 32 | #1,179 |
| 1936 | — | — | 38 | #1,050 |
| 1935 | — | — | 38 | #1,056 |
| 1934 | — | — | 42 | #1,006 |
| 1933 | — | — | 28 | #1,280 |
| 1932 | — | — | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1931 | — | — | 41 | #1,064 |
| 1930 | — | — | 42 | #1,079 |
| 1929 | — | — | 46 | #1,009 |
| 1928 | — | — | 44 | #1,056 |
| 1927 | — | — | 61 | #871 |
| 1926 | — | — | 49 | #991 |
| 1925 | — | — | 37 | #1,183 |
| 1924 | — | — | 53 | #979 |
| 1923 | — | — | 40 | #1,139 |
| 1922 | — | — | 62 | #881 |
| 1921 | — | — | 60 | #912 |
| 1920 | — | — | 51 | #974 |
| 1919 | — | — | 66 | #810 |
| 1918 | — | — | 51 | #942 |
| 1917 | — | — | 42 | #1,016 |
| 1916 | — | — | 37 | #1,071 |
| 1915 | — | — | 43 | #961 |
| 1914 | — | — | 38 | #897 |
| 1913 | — | — | 36 | #805 |
| 1912 | — | — | 28 | #853 |
| 1911 | — | — | 17 | #823 |
| 1910 | — | — | 13 | #927 |
| 1909 | — | — | 15 | #755 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #824 |
| 1907 | — | — | 13 | #777 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #851 |
| 1905 | — | — | 13 | #698 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #809 |
| 1903 | — | — | 12 | #694 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #743 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #942 |
| 1900 | — | — | 29 | #423 |
| 1899 | — | — | 16 | #501 |
| 1898 | — | — | 18 | #504 |
| 1897 | — | — | 11 | #680 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #591 |
| 1895 | — | — | 21 | #436 |
| 1894 | — | — | 24 | #386 |
| 1893 | — | — | 21 | #400 |
| 1892 | — | — | 15 | #546 |
| 1891 | — | — | 17 | #440 |
| 1890 | — | — | 26 | #350 |
| 1889 | — | — | 19 | #433 |
| 1888 | — | — | 24 | #386 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #487 |
| 1886 | — | — | 15 | #490 |
| 1885 | — | — | 20 | #410 |
| 1884 | — | — | 29 | #330 |
| 1883 | — | — | 28 | #317 |
| 1882 | — | — | 29 | #323 |
| 1881 | — | — | 25 | #331 |
| 1880 | — | — | 19 | #402 |
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).