Zackariah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zak-a-REE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Zackariah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Zackariah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Zakaria, itself a spelling of Zakariya, the Arabic form of Zechariah
“God has remembered”
A spelling of Zakariya, the Arabic form of Zechariah, father of the prophet Yahya, John the Baptist.
Meaning borrowed from Zakaria.
Is Zackariah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zackariah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zackariah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Zackariah, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zackariah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 85 boys in the UK were given Zackariah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #485, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Zackariah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Zackariah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Zackariah, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Zackariah in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 142 boys in the US were given Zackariah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,211, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Zackariah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 36 | #3,198 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 45 | #2,677 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 54 | #2,353 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 52 | #2,374 |
| 2005 | 40 | #2,697 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,541 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 31 | #2,926 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 32 | #2,387 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
Nicknames for Zackariah
- Zak 79 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zackariah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zakariya Zachariah Elijah Noah Ibrahim Jeremiah Josiah Zachary Muhammad Isaiah Jonah Musa
Other spellings of Zackariah
Names related to Zackariah
Zakariyya Zakariyah Zackary Zakariah Zackariya Zakhari Zacharia Zachari
More Hebrew names
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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, “Zackariah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zackariah, updated 20 October 2026.