Zac
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAK
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #373 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,180 for boys
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Zac is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 373rd for boys in the UK (126 babies) and 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Zac mean?
Hebrew: short form of Zachary or Zachariah
“God has remembered”
A short form of Zachary or Zachariah, from the Hebrew Zechariah, God has remembered.
Is Zac a girl's or a boy's name?
Zac is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 126 boys in the UK and 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zac in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #373among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 126about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 126 boys in the UK were named Zac, making it the 373rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 219th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 664 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zac in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 477 boys in the UK were given Zac or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #133, up from #373 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 444th in England and Wales, 166th in Scotland and 169th in Northern Ireland.
Zac in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | #373 |
| 2024 | 125 | #381 |
| 2023 | 166 | #305 |
| 2022 | 192 | #271 |
| 2021 | 251 | #229 |
| 2020 | 256 | #219 |
| 2019 | 278 | #208 |
| 2018 | 340 | #180 |
| 2017 | 327 | #188 |
| 2016 | 456 | #147 |
| 2015 | 414 | #160 |
| 2014 | 476 | #141 |
| 2013 | 509 | #132 |
| 2012 | 563 | #130 |
| 2011 | 591 | #123 |
| 2010 | 664 | #111 |
| 2009 | 583 | #116 |
| 2008 | 528 | #124 |
| 2007 | 350 | #171 |
| 2006 | 221 | #212 |
| 2005 | 159 | #247 |
| 2004 | 174 | #234 |
| 2003 | 161 | #231 |
| 2002 | 153 | #231 |
| 2001 | 166 | #214 |
| 2000 | 171 | #205 |
| 1999 | 173 | #204 |
| 1998 | 107 | #281 |
| 1997 | 110 | #282 |
| 1996 | 107 | #286 |
How popular is Zac in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Zac, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 84 boys. It first appears in the records in 1957.
Half of all the boys named Zac in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 229 boys in the US were given Zac or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #918, up from #3,180 for this spelling alone.
Zac in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,354 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,065 |
| 2016 | 74 | #1,959 |
| 2015 | 64 | #2,145 |
| 2014 | 84 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,112 |
| 2012 | 74 | #1,922 |
| 2011 | 77 | #1,834 |
| 2010 | 83 | #1,777 |
| 2009 | 70 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 52 | #2,431 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
Names like Zac
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jude Musa Zakariya Zion Ibrahim Isaac Zayd Zayn Noah Jonah Caleb Yusuf
Other spellings of Zac
Names related to Zac
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Ezra Benjamin Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zac: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zac, updated 20 October 2026.