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Zack

Gender
Boy
Say it
ZAK
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#353 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,425 for boys

Zack is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 353rd for boys in the UK (133 babies) and 1,425th for boys in the US (126 babies).

What does Zack 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.

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

Zack is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 133 boys in the UK and 126 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zack in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#353among boys
Babies in 2025
133about 1 in 2,300 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 37% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 133 boys in the UK were named Zack, making it the 353rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 236th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 504 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the fewest boys named Zack since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Zack in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016. 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 Zack or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #133, up from #353 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 385th in England and Wales, 219th in Scotland and 270th in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 504 in 20102025
Zack in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025133#353
2024165#300
2023186#277
2022189#277
2021233#244
2020237#236
2019281#204
2018252#229
2017286#214
2016324#196
2015347#187
2014362#177
2013399#161
2012430#152
2011481#143
2010504#136
2009424#153
2008452#142
2007417#147
2006329#168
2005289#177
2004217#199
2003237#182
2002207#195
2001185#198
2000180#201
1999158#217
1998160#227
1997142#244
1996181#201

How popular is Zack in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,425among boys
Babies in 2025
126about 1 in 14,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 5% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 126 boys in the US were named Zack, making it the 1,425th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,297th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 237 boys.

2025 had fewer boys named Zack than any year since 1998.

Half of all the boys named Zack in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 229 boys in the US were given Zack or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #918, up from #1,425 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 237 in 20082025
Zack in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025126#1,425
2024135#1,387
2023149#1,288
2022142#1,322
2021150#1,267
2020139#1,297
2019131#1,365
2018161#1,181
2017150#1,219
2016189#1,045
2015151#1,216
2014138#1,285
2013178#1,058
2012171#1,090
2011184#1,031
2010205#966
2009223#926
2008237#886
2007221#903
2006199#941
2005188#929
2004184#922
2003183#908
2002161#975
2001133#1,078
2000143#1,019
1999136#1,017
199893#1,285
199797#1,209
199693#1,204
199594#1,190
1994102#1,115
199398#1,134
199293#1,138
199171#1,330
199073#1,289
198989#1,117
198889#1,045
198757#1,293
198653#1,344
198557#1,267
198462#1,153
198351#1,295
198246#1,394
198141#1,499
198047#1,378
197943#1,421
197842#1,438
197741#1,431
197635#1,540
197540#1,378
197442#1,311
197342#1,268
197234#1,453
197129#1,636
197030#1,545
196926#1,604
196823#1,649
196728#1,448
196624#1,579
196518#1,855
196433#1,370
196333#1,353
196246#1,136
196138#1,278
196030#1,462
195936#1,301
195837#1,264
195735#1,317
195630#1,417
195539#1,197
195436#1,241
195339#1,188
195238#1,194
195135#1,241
195036#1,202
194929#1,347
194835#1,216
194726#1,448
194644#1,031
194517#1,632
194431#1,193
194331#1,240
194228#1,316
194130#1,209
194018#1,627
193933#1,120
193831#1,171
193732#1,168
193638#1,028
193538#1,040
193442#982
193328#1,251
193236#1,126
193141#1,050
193042#1,069
192946#995
192844#1,041
192761#866
192649#980
192537#1,164
192453#960
192340#1,128
192262#871
192160#901
192051#965
191966#799
191851#933
191742#1,003
191637#1,058
191543#952
191438#884
191336#789
191228#835
191117#792
191013#859
190915#714
190812#779
190713#735
190610#798
190513#666
190410#760
190312#656
190211#686
19017#857
190029#419
189916#481
189818#485
189711#652
189614#551
189521#426
189424#376
189321#391
189215#525
189117#427
189026#345
188919#415
188824#377
188714#461
188615#470
188520#399
188429#325
188328#309
188229#317
188125#324
188019#392

Names like Zack

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

Jack Isaac Jacob Eli Jake Max Noah Harrison Oliver Elijah Levi Ellis

Other spellings of Zack

Zach Zac Zak

Names related to Zack

Zaki Zakk

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