Zachariah Boy
How popular is Zachariah?
#536 boy name in 2025
558 baby boys were named Zachariah in the US in 2025, making it the 536th most popular boy name.
Zachariah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #536 for boys (▲ 32 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 558 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-25% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #417 in 2015, #520 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1992 (874 boys) |
| Highest rank | #305 in 1992 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zachariah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zachariah family of names ranked #509 for boys in 2025 (#538 the year before), with 580 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zachariah | 558 | 96% |
| Zacharia | 17 | 3% |
| Zacharyah | 5 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zachariah is most popular
Babies named Zachariah per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.2 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.5 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Arizona: 0.5 per 1,000 (76 boys)
- Hawaii: 0.5 per 1,000 (7 boys)
- Oklahoma: 0.4 per 1,000 (39 boys)
Zachariah by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #909 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1910s | 40 | #2,495 |
| 1920s | 50 | #2,771 |
| 1930s | 23 | #3,146 |
| 1940s | 22 | #2,605 |
| 1950s | 43 | #2,708 |
| 1960s | 25 | #2,984 |
| 1970s | 1,901 | #412 |
| 1980s | 4,984 | #334 |
| 1990s | 7,640 | #305 |
| 2000s | 6,631 | #373 |
| 2010s | 6,641 | #399 |
| 2020s | 3,223 | #520 |
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Questions
- Is Zachariah a boy or girl name?
- Zachariah is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zachariah were boys.
- How popular is the name Zachariah?
- 558 baby boys were named Zachariah in the US in 2025, making it the 536th most popular boy name.
- When was Zachariah most popular?
- Zachariah peaked in 1992, when 874 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #305 in 1992.
- How many people are named Zachariah?
- 31,275 babies have been named Zachariah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 30,316 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Zachariah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zachariah was most common in New Mexico, at 1.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.