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Zachary

Gender
Boy
Say it
ZAK-a-ree
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#79 for boys
US rank, 2025
#216 for boys

Zachary is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 79th for boys in the UK (749 babies) and 216th for boys in the US (1,646 babies).

What does Zachary mean?

Hebrew: English form of Zacharias

“God has remembered”

The English form of Zacharias, from the Hebrew Zechariah; US President Zachary Taylor is a famous bearer.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Zachary is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 749 boys in the UK and 1,646 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zachary in the UK?

Rank in 2025
79th among boys
Babies in 2025
749 about 1 in 400 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 36% in five years
Same name in a class
3.4% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 749 boys in the UK were named Zachary, making it the 79th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 56th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 1,864 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Zachary than any year since 2005.

Half of all the boys named Zachary in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 75th in England and Wales, 129th in Scotland and 185th in Northern Ireland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#40) and 2024 (#69).

1996Busiest: 1,864 in 20132025
Zachary in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025749#79
2024816#72
2023943#63
20221,071#60
20211,225#56
20201,220#56
20191,360#53
20181,337#54
20171,459#47
20161,762#39
20151,742#41
20141,775#40
20131,864#41
20121,815#44
20111,742#48
20101,454#56
20091,069#72
20081,035#77
2007882#90
2006769#97
2005654#105
2004528#121
2003531#112
2002523#108
2001560#104
2000538#110
1999571#103
1998522#111
1997540#110
1996591#98

How popular is Zachary in the US?

Rank in 2025
216th among boys
Babies in 2025
1,646 about 1 in 1,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 40% in five years
Same name in a class
1.3% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 1,646 boys in the US were named Zachary, making it the 216th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 135th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 25,538 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 32 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Zachary than any year since 1974.

Half of all the boys named Zachary in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,829 boys in the US were given Zachary or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #218.

1900Busiest: 25,538 in 19932025
Zachary in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20251,646#216
20241,844#194
20232,128#171
20222,263#165
20212,598#144
20202,729#135
20193,084#124
20183,577#107
20173,822#103
20164,576#89
20154,866#88
20145,188#82
20135,775#73
20126,263#67
20116,811#64
20107,184#61
20098,091#53
20089,235#47
200710,217#42
200611,013#33
200512,288#29
200413,712#26
200315,541#20
200216,622#19
200118,185#16
200019,852#15
199919,985#17
199820,580#16
199721,929#13
199622,369#14
199523,131#14
199425,139#12
199325,538#15
199224,802#16
199121,387#22
199020,430#22
198918,077#25
198815,870#29
198713,201#33
198611,725#38
198511,346#39
19849,065#45
19837,309#50
19826,139#55
19814,841#63
19804,245#72
19794,156#74
19783,127#89
19772,777#95
19762,644#96
19751,688#145
19741,274#179
19731,135#197
19721,001#221
1971701#289
1970557#342
1969418#382
1968340#416
1967363#402
1966329#420
1965313#436
1964333#438
1963326#440
1962339#434
1961369#413
1960346#431
1959262#485
1958236#502
1957289#452
1956270#458
1955280#442
1954200#514
1953161#556
1952171#538
1951151#554
1950149#552
1949107#663
194891#699
194770#830
194649#952
194519#1,535
194410#2,308
194314#1,985
194215#1,867
19419#2,491
194020#1,519
193915#1,795
193815#1,818
193718#1,627
19369#2,451
193513#2,029
193411#2,266
193314#1,905
193217#1,777
193114#2,003
193016#1,889
192919#1,731
192814#2,162
192713#2,298
192622#1,605
192521#1,678
192413#2,347
192320#1,752
192211#2,629
192119#1,828
192016#2,051
191920#1,694
191811#2,542
191710#2,561
191617#1,770
191514#1,967
191411#1,974
191318#1,205
19128#1,884
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19006#1,161

Nicknames for Zachary

Names like Zachary

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Gabriel, Toby, Caleb, Joey, Austin, Elijah, Mason, Sebastian, Sonny, Elias, Ethan, Blake

Other spellings of Zachary

Zackary, Zacharie, Zakhari, Zachari, Zakarri

Names related to Zachary

Zachariah, Zakary, Zachery, Zackariya, Zacharia, Zackery, Zakhar, Zacari

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi

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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, “Zachary: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zachary, updated 20 October 2026.