Zakary
Respelling of Zachary, the English form of Zechariah, Hebrew for Yahweh has remembered. The prophet Zechariah has a book in the Hebrew Bible.
Zakary in 2025
Zakary was given to 18 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 11,360th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 184,186 babies born.
The history of Zakary
Zakary reached its highest point in 2002, when 266 babies were given the name, ranking 1,547th that year.
Across the 56 years of records since 1970, 5,613 babies have been named Zakary. Half of them were born before 2001, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Zakary by decade
| Decade | Babies named Zakary | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 129 | 4,596 |
| 1980s | 484 | 2,414 |
| 1990s | 1,881 | 1,596 |
| 2000s | 2,111 | 1,547 |
| 2010s | 842 | 2,945 |
| 2020s | 166 | 6,948 |
Where Zakary is heading
Zakary has fallen 77% over the past decade, from 77 babies in 2015 to 18 in 2025.
Names like Zakary
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Zakary.