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Zacharius

Boy · zak-uh-RY-us · Hebrew

Zacharius is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).

What does Zacharius mean?

Hebrew: Latinate spelling of Zacharias, the Greek form of Zechariah

“God has remembered”

In the New Testament, Zacharias is the priest who fathered John the Baptist.

Say it
zak-uh-RY-us

Is Zacharius a girl's or a boy's name?

Zacharius is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zacharius in the US?

Rank in 2025
#9,710among boys
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 240,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Zacharius, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2003, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.

Half of all the boys named Zacharius in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 10 in 20032025
Zacharius in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#9,710
20248#8,982
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20195#12,138
20189#8,150
201710#7,542
20167#9,659
20150–
20140–
20138#8,784
20127#9,703
20115#12,280
20100–
20098#8,980
20087#9,864
200710#7,586
20068#8,726
20056#10,144
20049#7,530
200310#6,708
20026#9,385
20010–
20009#6,832
19995#9,905
19986#8,472
19975#9,259

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