Zakariyyah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zak-a-REE-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Zakariyyah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Zakariyyah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Zakariya; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Zakariya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Zakariyyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakariyyah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakariyyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,511th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Zakariyyah, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd.
2025 had the most boys named Zakariyyah of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Zakariyyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 508 boys in the UK were given Zakariyyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #126, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Zakariyyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
Nicknames for Zakariyyah
- Zak 79 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Zakariyyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Abdullah, Ibrahim, Zayd, Zayaan, Mustafa, Zayan, Abdulrahman, Ahmed, Zayyan, Huzaifa
Other spellings of Zakariyyah
Names related to Zakariyyah
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zakariyyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakariyyah, updated 20 October 2026.