Zacchaeus
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,363 for boys
Zacchaeus is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pure, innocent”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).
What does Zacchaeus mean?
Hebrew
“pure, innocent”
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zacchaeus a girl's or a boy's name?
Zacchaeus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zacchaeus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Zacchaeus, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zacchaeus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2022. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Zacchaeus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Zacchaeus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,363rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Zacchaeus, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,190th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Zacchaeus in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zacchaeus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | 46 | #2,789 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,112 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,120 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,190 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,363 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,184 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,034 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 52 | #2,431 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,061 |
| 2005 | 63 | #1,979 |
| 2004 | 66 | #1,853 |
| 2003 | 71 | #1,714 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,088 |
| 2001 | 56 | #1,931 |
| 2000 | 68 | #1,677 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 59 | #1,716 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,110 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 40 | #1,976 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
Names like Zacchaeus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zion, Noah, Jonah, Caleb, Tobias, Asher, Elias, Ezra, Axel, Levi, Lucas, Luca
Names related to Zacchaeus
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, 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, “Zacchaeus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zacchaeus, updated 20 October 2026.