Zahari
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zah-HAH-ree
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,284 for boys
Zahari is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,284th for boys in the US (61 babies).
What does Zahari mean?
Hebrew: Bulgarian form of Zechariah
“God has remembered”
Zahari Stoyanov was a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and writer.
Is Zahari a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahari is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 42 girls and 61 boys in the US.
How popular is Zahari in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Zahari, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Zahari of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Zahari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
How popular is Zahari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,284th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 61 about 1 in 28,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 144% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 61 boys in the US were named Zahari, making it the 2,284th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. It first appears in the records in 2009. 42 girls were also named Zahari in 2025 (3,576th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Zahari of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Zahari in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 41% of the babies named Zahari in the US were girls.
Zahari in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | #2,284 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 17 | #5,333 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
Names like Zahari
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayd, Zayan, Ibrahim, Zakariya, Huzaifa, Abdullah, Hamza, Zayyan, Zakariyya
Names related to Zahari
Zahir, Zaahir, Zahra, Zaria, Zahara, Zarah, Zari, Zahira, Sahari
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), 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, “Zahari: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahari, updated 20 October 2026.