Zakariyya
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zak-a-RIY-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #581 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Zakariyya is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 581st for boys in the UK (73 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Zakariyya mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Zakariya, the Arabic form of Zechariah
“God has remembered”
A spelling that reflects the doubled y of the Arabic Zakariyya, the form of Zechariah honoured as a prophet.
Is Zakariyya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakariyya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakariyya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 581st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 73 about 1 in 4,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 73 boys in the UK were named Zakariyya, making it the 581st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 710th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Zakariyya of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Zakariyya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 529th in England and Wales.
Zakariyya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 73 | #581 |
| 2024 | 63 | #658 |
| 2023 | 52 | #730 |
| 2022 | 46 | #785 |
| 2021 | 60 | #673 |
| 2020 | 53 | #710 |
| 2019 | 63 | #641 |
| 2018 | 56 | #689 |
| 2017 | 44 | #829 |
| 2016 | 67 | #606 |
| 2015 | 68 | #600 |
| 2014 | 55 | #673 |
| 2013 | 40 | #843 |
| 2012 | 50 | #732 |
| 2011 | 29 | #1,031 |
| 2010 | 31 | #994 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 28 | #973 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 26 | #903 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,283 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,111 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Zakariyya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Zakariyya, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
2025 had more boys named Zakariyya than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Zakariyya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zakariyya in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
Nicknames for Zakariyya
- Zak 79 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zakariyya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Zayd, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Mustafa, Huzaifa, Zayan, Abdullah, Hamza, Abdulrahman, Ayyub
Names related to Zakariyya
Zakariya, Zakaria, Zakariyah, Zackary, Zakariah, Zackariya, Zackaria, Zackariah, Zakhari, Zahkari
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, “Zakariyya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakariyya, updated 20 October 2026.