Zaccheus
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zuh-KEE-us
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Zaccheus is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pure”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Zaccheus mean?
Hebrew: Greek form of Zakkai
“pure”
Zacchaeus is the tax collector in Luke's Gospel who climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus.
Is Zaccheus a girl's or a boy's name?
Zaccheus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zaccheus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Zaccheus, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had more boys named Zaccheus than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Zaccheus in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zaccheus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 18 | #4,316 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Names like Zaccheus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Josiah, Isaiah, Elias, Elijah, Samuel, Malachi, Zachariah, Zachary, Zion, Mathias, Tobias, Joshua
Names related to Zaccheus
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from 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, “Zaccheus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zaccheus, updated 20 October 2026.