Zacheriah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zek-uh-RY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Zacheriah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “the Lord remembers”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Zacheriah mean?
Hebrew: variant of Zechariah
“the Lord remembers”
Variant spelling of Zechariah, the name of a Hebrew prophet and of the father of John the Baptist.
Is Zacheriah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zacheriah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zacheriah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Zacheriah, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Zacheriah in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zacheriah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 23 | #4,101 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 23 | #3,024 |
| 1993 | 19 | #3,362 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 28 | #2,463 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 27 | #2,410 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Nicknames for Zacheriah
Names like Zacheriah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jeremiah, Zechariah, Josiah, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Elijah, Uriah, Noah, Jedidiah, Zephaniah, Hezekiah, Jonah
Names related to Zacheriah
Zachary, Zachariah, Zachery, Zacharia, Zachari, Zacariah, Zecharia
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Zacheriah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zacheriah, updated 20 October 2026.