Zakariye
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- za-ka-REE-yeh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Zakariye is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Zakariye mean?
Hebrew: Somali form of Zechariah
“God has remembered”
Zakariya (Zechariah), father of John the Baptist, is honoured as a prophet in Islam.
Is Zakariye a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakariye is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakariye in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 73% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Zakariye, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11 boys.
2025 had more boys named Zakariye than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Zakariye in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Zakariye in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Zakariye in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Zakariye, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Zakariye in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zakariye in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
Names like Zakariye
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Ibrahim, Zayd, Hamza, Zayan, Abdullah, Zayaan, Abdulrahman, Mustafa, Ahmed, Ayyub
Names related to Zakariye
Zakariya, Zakaria, Zakariyya, Zakariyah, Zackary, Zakariah, Zakary, Zackariya, Zakari, Zakhari
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, “Zakariye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakariye, updated 20 October 2026.