Zackary Boy
How popular is Zackary?
#1,509 boy name in 2025
116 baby boys were named Zackary in the US in 2025, making it the 1509th most popular boy name.
Zackary popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,509 for boys (▼ 96 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 116 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-64% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #752 in 2015, #1,111 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (1,386 boys) |
| Highest rank | #232 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1921 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zackary counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zackary family of names ranked #619 for boys in 2025 (#577 the year before), with 426 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zackary | 116 | 27% |
| Zakari | 206 | 48% |
| Zacari | 61 | 14% |
| Zakary | 18 | 4% |
| Zakarri | 9 | 2% |
| Zahkari | 16 | 4% |
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 Zackary is most popular
Babies named Zackary per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (52 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (97 boys)
Zackary by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1940s | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1950s | 124 | #1,790 |
| 1960s | 184 | #1,658 |
| 1970s | 579 | #789 |
| 1980s | 3,374 | #339 |
| 1990s | 11,375 | #232 |
| 2000s | 11,004 | #244 |
| 2010s | 4,007 | #406 |
| 2020s | 934 | #1,046 |
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Questions
- Is Zackary a boy or girl name?
- Zackary is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zackary were boys.
- How popular is the name Zackary?
- 116 baby boys were named Zackary in the US in 2025, making it the 1509th most popular boy name.
- When was Zackary most popular?
- Zackary peaked in 2001, when 1,386 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #232 in 1994.
- How many people are named Zackary?
- 31,600 babies have been named Zackary in the US since 1880. We estimate about 30,772 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 26.
- Where is Zackary most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zackary was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.1 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.