Zakaria
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zak-a-REE-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #573 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,520 for boys
Zakaria is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 573rd for boys in the UK (74 babies) and 1,520th for boys in the US (114 babies).
What does Zakaria 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 Zakaria a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakaria is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 boys in the UK and 114 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakaria in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #573among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 74about 1 in 4,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 74 boys in the UK were named Zakaria, making it the 573rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 559th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 103 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zakaria in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 85 boys in the UK were given Zakaria or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #485, up from #573 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 522nd in England and Wales.
Zakaria in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #573 |
| 2024 | 96 | #465 |
| 2023 | 85 | #515 |
| 2022 | 72 | #583 |
| 2021 | 90 | #502 |
| 2020 | 75 | #559 |
| 2019 | 91 | #496 |
| 2018 | 90 | #496 |
| 2017 | 103 | #458 |
| 2016 | 85 | #523 |
| 2015 | 102 | #448 |
| 2014 | 101 | #450 |
| 2013 | 91 | #481 |
| 2012 | 92 | #476 |
| 2011 | 100 | #436 |
| 2010 | 101 | #426 |
| 2009 | 93 | #446 |
| 2008 | 86 | #471 |
| 2007 | 85 | #452 |
| 2006 | 82 | #442 |
| 2005 | 62 | #507 |
| 2004 | 78 | #399 |
| 2003 | 74 | #395 |
| 2002 | 53 | #469 |
| 2001 | 59 | #432 |
| 2000 | 37 | #578 |
| 1999 | 45 | #509 |
| 1998 | 63 | #403 |
| 1997 | 23 | #760 |
| 1996 | 33 | #563 |
How popular is Zakaria in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,520among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 114about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 114 boys in the US were named Zakaria, making it the 1,520th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,592nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 145 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Zakaria in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 142 boys in the US were given Zakaria or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,211, up from #1,520 for this spelling alone.
In 2024, 6% of the babies named Zakaria in the US were girls.
Zakaria in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 114 | #1,520 |
| 2024 | 135 | #1,387 |
| 2023 | 115 | #1,530 |
| 2022 | 89 | #1,815 |
| 2021 | 93 | #1,740 |
| 2020 | 102 | #1,592 |
| 2019 | 108 | #1,548 |
| 2018 | 113 | #1,513 |
| 2017 | 145 | #1,256 |
| 2016 | 107 | #1,548 |
| 2015 | 129 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 102 | #1,559 |
| 2013 | 124 | #1,361 |
| 2012 | 95 | #1,625 |
| 2011 | 115 | #1,429 |
| 2010 | 123 | #1,372 |
| 2009 | 107 | #1,538 |
| 2008 | 90 | #1,692 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,016 |
| 2006 | 83 | #1,698 |
| 2005 | 91 | #1,544 |
| 2004 | 72 | #1,745 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 79 | #1,554 |
| 2001 | 55 | #1,956 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 49 | #1,963 |
| 1998 | 43 | #2,123 |
| 1997 | 34 | #2,393 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 23 | #2,937 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 18 | #3,319 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Nicknames for Zakaria
- Zak 79 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zakaria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Ibrahim Muhammad Zayd Mustafa Abdullah Hamza Zayan Abdulrahman Zayaan Ahmed Huzaifa
Other spellings of Zakaria
Names related to Zakaria
Zakariya Zachariah Zakariyya Zakariyah Zakariah Zakary Zackariya Zacharia Zakari Zacari Zakhari
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, “Zakaria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakaria, updated 20 October 2026.