Zakariyah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zak-a-REE-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #745 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Zakariyah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 745th for boys in the UK (52 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Zakariyah 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.
Is Zakariyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakariyah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 52 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakariyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #745among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 5,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the UK were named Zakariyah, making it the 745th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 914th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 59 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zakariyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 508 boys in the UK were given Zakariyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #126, up from #745 for this spelling alone.
- Zakariya 436
- Zakariyah 52
- Zackariya 11
- Zakariyyah 9
Among boys in 2025, it was 687th in England and Wales.
Zakariyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #745 |
| 2024 | 59 | #687 |
| 2023 | 42 | #847 |
| 2022 | 35 | #949 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 35 | #914 |
| 2019 | 34 | #951 |
| 2018 | 37 | #907 |
| 2017 | 36 | #936 |
| 2016 | 37 | #923 |
| 2015 | 30 | #1,046 |
| 2014 | 38 | #874 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,040 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Zakariyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Zakariyah, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Zakariyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 203 boys in the US were given Zakariyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #980, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
- Zakariya 189
- Zakariyah 14
Zakariyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Nicknames for Zakariyah
- Zak 79 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zakariyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zayaan Zayd Muhammad Zayan Abdullah Ibrahim Zayyan Abdulrahman Huzaifa Ayyub Mustafa
Other spellings of Zakariyah
Names related to Zakariyah
Zachariah Zakaria Zakariyya Zackary Zakariah Zackaria 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, “Zakariyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakariyah, updated 20 October 2026.