Zackariya
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zak-a-REE-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
Zackariya is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).
What does Zackariya mean?
Hebrew: 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.
Is Zackariya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zackariya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zackariya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Zackariya, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 24 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Zackariya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 508 boys in the UK were given Zackariya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #126, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
- Zakariya 436
- Zakariyah 52
- Zackariya 11
- Zakariyyah 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Zackariya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,243 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,234 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
Nicknames for Zackariya
- Zack 133 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zackariya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Zakariyya, Mustafa, Eesa, Zayd, Zayan, Abdullah, Zayaan, Zayn, Yahya
Other spellings of Zackariya
Names related to Zackariya
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zackariya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zackariya, updated 20 October 2026.