Zacarias
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sah-kah-REE-ahs
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Zacarias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God remembers”. In 2025 it ranked 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
What does Zacarias mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Zechariah
“God remembers”
The Spanish and Portuguese form of Zechariah, borne in the New Testament by the father of John the Baptist.
Is Zacarias a girl's or a boy's name?
Zacarias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zacarias in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 boys.
Zacarias in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Zacarias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,883rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Zacarias, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 46 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the boys named Zacarias in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zacarias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,226 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,140 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,021 |
| 2014 | 23 | #4,260 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 30 | #3,549 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
Nicknames for Zacarias
- Zac 126 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zacarias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Tobias, Elias, Ezra, Zakariya, Jude, Cruz, Lucas, Ezekiel, Elijah, Zion, Santiago
Names related to Zacarias
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
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, “Zacarias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zacarias, updated 20 October 2026.