Zach
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAK
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #345 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,480 for boys
Big in ScotlandBig in Northern Ireland
Zach is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 345th for boys in the UK (139 babies) and 2,480th for boys in the US (54 babies).
What does Zach 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.
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Is Zach a girl's or a boy's name?
Zach is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 139 boys in the UK and 54 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zach in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #345among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 139about 1 in 2,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 139 boys in the UK were named Zach, making it the 345th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 291st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 428 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zach in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 477 boys in the UK were given Zach or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #133, up from #345 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 426th in England and Wales, 178th in Scotland and 107th in Northern Ireland.
Zach in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 139 | #345 |
| 2024 | 129 | #372 |
| 2023 | 161 | #312 |
| 2022 | 153 | #331 |
| 2021 | 190 | #281 |
| 2020 | 181 | #291 |
| 2019 | 222 | #252 |
| 2018 | 241 | #240 |
| 2017 | 210 | #280 |
| 2016 | 252 | #245 |
| 2015 | 270 | #232 |
| 2014 | 330 | #196 |
| 2013 | 307 | #206 |
| 2012 | 374 | #178 |
| 2011 | 428 | #155 |
| 2010 | 421 | #155 |
| 2009 | 294 | #202 |
| 2008 | 370 | #165 |
| 2007 | 363 | #162 |
| 2006 | 216 | #218 |
| 2005 | 180 | #225 |
| 2004 | 157 | #246 |
| 2003 | 100 | #315 |
| 2002 | 85 | #344 |
| 2001 | 90 | #334 |
| 2000 | 93 | #327 |
| 1999 | 92 | #327 |
| 1998 | 77 | #351 |
| 1997 | 108 | #288 |
| 1996 | 109 | #283 |
How popular is Zach in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,480among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 54about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 54 boys in the US were named Zach, making it the 2,480th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,365th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 86 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer boys named Zach than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Zach in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 229 boys in the US were given Zach or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #918, up from #2,480 for this spelling alone.
Zach in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 54 | #2,480 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 63 | #2,243 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,378 |
| 2021 | 75 | #1,981 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,365 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,146 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 40 | #2,934 |
| 2015 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,081 |
| 2013 | 74 | #1,902 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,131 |
| 2011 | 71 | #1,946 |
| 2010 | 56 | #2,286 |
| 2009 | 74 | #1,924 |
| 2008 | 85 | #1,760 |
| 2007 | 86 | #1,728 |
| 2006 | 78 | #1,769 |
| 2005 | 81 | #1,657 |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,698 |
| 2003 | 73 | #1,684 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 56 | #1,931 |
| 2000 | 56 | #1,871 |
| 1999 | 48 | #1,992 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,093 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 30 | #2,495 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 48 | #1,745 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 33 | #2,100 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 39 | #1,707 |
| 1986 | 34 | #1,789 |
| 1985 | 39 | #1,613 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 34 | #1,686 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,941 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | 30 | #1,566 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,853 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,504 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 11 | #2,495 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Names like Zach
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noah Zachary Jonah Caleb Jude Seth Micah Elijah Zion Isaiah Zachariah Tobias
Other spellings of Zach
More Hebrew names
Isabella James Jack Mia Ava Ezra Benjamin Isaac 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, “Zach: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zach, updated 20 October 2026.