Zackary
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAK-a-ree
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,055 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,509 for boys
Zackary is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 1,055th for boys in the UK (31 babies) and 1,509th for boys in the US (116 babies).
What does Zackary mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Zachary
“God has remembered”
A variant spelling of Zachary, the English form of the Hebrew Zechariah.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zackary a girl's or a boy's name?
Zackary is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the UK and 116 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zackary in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,055th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31 about 1 in 9,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the UK were named Zackary, making it the 1,055th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 936th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 77 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zackary in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 784 boys in the UK were given Zackary or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #81, up from #1,055 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,066th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Zackary in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #1,055 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 2023 | 39 | #892 |
| 2022 | 39 | #883 |
| 2021 | 45 | #805 |
| 2020 | 34 | #936 |
| 2019 | 46 | #773 |
| 2018 | 44 | #807 |
| 2017 | 59 | #665 |
| 2016 | 54 | #708 |
| 2015 | 49 | #732 |
| 2014 | 61 | #639 |
| 2013 | 62 | #625 |
| 2012 | 69 | #576 |
| 2011 | 77 | #519 |
| 2010 | 54 | #658 |
| 2009 | 46 | #725 |
| 2008 | 43 | #751 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,065 |
| 2006 | 39 | #744 |
| 2005 | 32 | #832 |
| 2004 | 28 | #836 |
| 2003 | 27 | #828 |
| 2002 | 24 | #846 |
| 2001 | 32 | #641 |
| 2000 | 28 | #713 |
| 1999 | 23 | #782 |
| 1998 | 32 | #620 |
| 1997 | 23 | #760 |
| 1996 | 36 | #529 |
How popular is Zackary in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,509th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 116 about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 116 boys in the US were named Zackary, making it the 1,509th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,111th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 1,386 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Zackary than any year since 1978.
Half of all the boys named Zackary in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,829 boys in the US were given Zackary or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #218, up from #1,509 for this spelling alone.
Zackary in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116 | #1,509 |
| 2024 | 131 | #1,413 |
| 2023 | 146 | #1,309 |
| 2022 | 159 | #1,237 |
| 2021 | 205 | #1,046 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,111 |
| 2019 | 191 | #1,066 |
| 2018 | 208 | #995 |
| 2017 | 252 | #864 |
| 2016 | 314 | #770 |
| 2015 | 321 | #752 |
| 2014 | 435 | #615 |
| 2013 | 467 | #565 |
| 2012 | 523 | #507 |
| 2011 | 600 | #451 |
| 2010 | 696 | #406 |
| 2009 | 834 | #365 |
| 2008 | 870 | #359 |
| 2007 | 950 | #338 |
| 2006 | 998 | #321 |
| 2005 | 1,066 | #310 |
| 2004 | 1,105 | #288 |
| 2003 | 1,169 | #268 |
| 2002 | 1,275 | #254 |
| 2001 | 1,386 | #244 |
| 2000 | 1,351 | #249 |
| 1999 | 1,359 | #238 |
| 1998 | 1,345 | #234 |
| 1997 | 1,203 | #247 |
| 1996 | 1,239 | #240 |
| 1995 | 1,192 | #243 |
| 1994 | 1,274 | #232 |
| 1993 | 1,213 | #239 |
| 1992 | 1,030 | #278 |
| 1991 | 777 | #325 |
| 1990 | 743 | #333 |
| 1989 | 680 | #339 |
| 1988 | 587 | #354 |
| 1987 | 460 | #405 |
| 1986 | 364 | #459 |
| 1985 | 340 | #471 |
| 1984 | 264 | #527 |
| 1983 | 227 | #558 |
| 1982 | 173 | #663 |
| 1981 | 146 | #714 |
| 1980 | 133 | #761 |
| 1979 | 120 | #789 |
| 1978 | 85 | #938 |
| 1977 | 86 | #913 |
| 1976 | 77 | #946 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,191 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 33 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,212 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,766 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,469 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 16 | #1,986 |
| 1964 | 19 | #1,849 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 16 | #1,978 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
Nicknames for Zackary
Names like Zackary
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Toby, Gabriel, Tobias, Elijah, Caleb, Noah, Isaiah, Elias, Joey, Jacob, Jonah, Coby
Other spellings of Zackary
Names related to Zackary
Zakariya, Zakariyya, Zakariyah, Zakary, Zachery, Zackariya, Zakari, Zacari, Zackery, Zackariah
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
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, “Zackary: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zackary, updated 20 October 2026.