Zakar

Q: Where does Zakar come from?

Zakar is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, possibly from Hebrew zakhar 'remember', the root of Zechariah, or short for Zakaria.

Gender: Boy
Say it: ZAK-ar
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #8,906 for boys

Zakar is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).

Where does Zakar come from?

Hebrew: possibly from Hebrew zakhar 'remember', the root of Zechariah, or short for Zakaria

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

Zakar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zakar in the US?

Rank in 2025: 8,906th among boys
Babies in 2025: 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
Five-year trend: Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class: under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Zakar, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.

Half of all the boys named Zakar in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

1998Busiest: 9 in 20212025

Zakar in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	8	#8,906
2024	8	#8,982
2023	6	#10,815
2022	7	#9,815
2021	9	#8,161
2020	6	#10,599
2019	6	#10,797
2018	0	–
2017	5	#12,241
2016	7	#9,659
2015	0	–
2014	0	–
2013	0	–
2012	7	#9,703
2011	0	–
2010	5	#12,224
2009	0	–
2008	0	–
2007	6	#10,915
2006	6	#10,655
2005	0	–
2004	7	#8,921
2003	5	#10,886
2002	6	#9,385
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	0	–
1998	8	#6,837