Zakariah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zak-a-RY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,423 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,449 for boys
Zakariah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 3,449th for boys in the US (33 babies).
What does Zakariah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Zakariya or Zachariah
“God has remembered”
A spelling of Zakariya or Zachariah, forms of the Hebrew Zechariah.
Is Zakariah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakariah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 33 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakariah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,423among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Zakariah, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 28 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zakariah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 153 boys in the UK were given Zakariah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #332, up from #1,423 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Zakariah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,585 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,265 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,222 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,090 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,226 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,088 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,293 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 16 | #1,507 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 21 | #918 |
| 2001 | 21 | #871 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Zakariah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,449among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 52,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the US were named Zakariah, making it the 3,449th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Zakariah in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 618 boys in the US were given Zakariah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #490, up from #3,449 for this spelling alone.
In 2021, 14% of the babies named Zakariah in the US were girls.
Zakariah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #3,449 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 31 | #3,514 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 20 | #3,240 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Nicknames for Zakariah
- Zak 79 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zakariah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Ibrahim Abdullah Zayd Mustafa Hamza Zayan Zayaan Ahmed Abdulrahman Umar
Other spellings of Zakariah
Names related to Zakariah
Zakariya Zakaria Zakariyya Zakariyah Zakary Zackariya Zakari Zakhari Zackariah
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, “Zakariah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakariah, updated 20 October 2026.