Zackary
A respelling of Zachary, the English form of Zechariah. The Hebrew Zekharyah means Yahweh has remembered.
Zackary in 2025
Zackary was given to 116 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 3,216th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 28,581 babies born.
The history of Zackary
Zackary reached its highest point in 2001, when 1,386 babies were given the name, ranking 472nd that year. Its best-ever ranking was 463rd, in 1994.
Across the 105 years of records since 1921, 31,600 babies have been named Zackary. Half of them were born before 2000, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Zackary by decade
| Decade | Babies named Zackary | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | 9,715 |
| 1940s | 7 | 7,228 |
| 1950s | 124 | 4,199 |
| 1960s | 184 | 4,066 |
| 1970s | 579 | 1,860 |
| 1980s | 3,374 | 713 |
| 1990s | 11,382 | 463 |
| 2000s | 11,004 | 472 |
| 2010s | 4,007 | 850 |
| 2020s | 934 | 2,209 |
Where Zackary is heading
Zackary has fallen 64% over the past decade, from 321 babies in 2015 to 116 in 2025.
Names like Zackary
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Zackary.