Zakariya
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zak-a-REE-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #131 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,128 for boys
Zakariya is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 131st for boys in the UK (436 babies) and 1,128th for boys in the US (189 babies).
What does Zakariya mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Zechariah
“God has remembered”
In the Quran, Zakariya is the prophet who prays for a son in old age and is granted Yahya, John the Baptist.
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Is Zakariya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakariya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 436 boys in the UK and 189 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakariya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 131st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 436 about 1 in 690 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 436 boys in the UK were named Zakariya, making it the 131st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 176th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 442 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zakariya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 508 boys in the UK were given Zakariya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #126, up from #131 for this spelling alone.
- Zakariya 436
- Zakariyah 52
- Zackariya 11
- Zakariyyah 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 120th in England and Wales and 262nd in Scotland.
Zakariya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 436 | #131 |
| 2024 | 442 | #137 |
| 2023 | 366 | #162 |
| 2022 | 334 | #172 |
| 2021 | 339 | #175 |
| 2020 | 340 | #176 |
| 2019 | 323 | #182 |
| 2018 | 279 | #218 |
| 2017 | 323 | #192 |
| 2016 | 281 | #221 |
| 2015 | 282 | #225 |
| 2014 | 254 | #246 |
| 2013 | 237 | #239 |
| 2012 | 238 | #238 |
| 2011 | 196 | #273 |
| 2010 | 214 | #254 |
| 2009 | 168 | #295 |
| 2008 | 156 | #299 |
| 2007 | 144 | #306 |
| 2006 | 125 | #307 |
| 2005 | 92 | #376 |
| 2004 | 97 | #340 |
| 2003 | 69 | #419 |
| 2002 | 71 | #381 |
| 2001 | 48 | #481 |
| 2000 | 39 | #562 |
| 1999 | 46 | #503 |
| 1998 | 26 | #714 |
| 1997 | 32 | #599 |
| 1996 | 15 | #979 |
How popular is Zakariya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,128th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 189 about 1 in 9,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 189 boys in the US were named Zakariya, making it the 1,128th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,390th. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had the most boys named Zakariya of any year since it first appeared, in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Zakariya in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 203 boys in the US were given Zakariya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #980, up from #1,128 for this spelling alone.
- Zakariya 189
- Zakariyah 14
In 2016, 5% of the babies named Zakariya in the US were girls.
Zakariya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 189 | #1,128 |
| 2024 | 170 | #1,203 |
| 2023 | 141 | #1,340 |
| 2022 | 143 | #1,314 |
| 2021 | 113 | #1,546 |
| 2020 | 125 | #1,390 |
| 2019 | 115 | #1,485 |
| 2018 | 125 | #1,401 |
| 2017 | 107 | #1,530 |
| 2016 | 110 | #1,522 |
| 2015 | 117 | #1,444 |
| 2014 | 105 | #1,526 |
| 2013 | 101 | #1,557 |
| 2012 | 85 | #1,755 |
| 2011 | 82 | #1,770 |
| 2010 | 72 | #1,939 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,167 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 2007 | 75 | #1,890 |
| 2006 | 52 | #2,374 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 42 | #2,565 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 41 | #2,382 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 20 | #3,298 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
Nicknames for Zakariya
- Zak 79 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zakariya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ibrahim, Zayd, Muhammad, Hamza, Abdullah, Mustafa, Zayan, Zayn, Yahya, Zayaan, Eesa
Other spellings of Zakariya
Names related to Zakariya
Zakaria, Zakariyya, Zackary, Zakariah, Zakary, Zacharia, Zakari, Zakhari, Zackariah
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, “Zakariya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakariya, updated 20 October 2026.