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Zakary

Gender
Boy
Say it
ZAK-uh-ree
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,742 for boys
US rank, 2025
#5,207 for boys

Zakary is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God remembers”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).

What does Zakary mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Zachary, from Zechariah

“God remembers”

A spelling of Zachary, the English form of Zechariah.

Is Zakary a girl's or a boy's name?

Zakary is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Zakary in the UK?

Rank in 2025
2,742nd among boys
Babies in 2025
8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 34% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Zakary, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 40 boys.

2025 had the fewest boys named Zakary since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Zakary in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were given Zakary or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,127, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 40 in 20112025
Zakary in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#2,742
202410#2,328
20239#2,468
20229#2,457
202121#1,341
202010#2,185
201912#1,974
201819#1,416
201716#1,649
201621#1,347
201519#1,416
201430#1,031
201319#1,398
201228#1,070
201140#833
201033#951
200932#937
200818#1,378
200734#858
200617#1,302
200529#866
200416#1,239
200317#1,124
200212#1,312
200116#1,054
200014#1,113
199923#782
199824#749
199712#1,174
19969#1,394

How popular is Zakary in the US?

Rank in 2025
5,207th among boys
Babies in 2025
18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 37% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Zakary, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,200th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 266 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.

2025 had fewer boys named Zakary than any year since 1978.

Half of all the boys named Zakary in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 318 boys in the US were given Zakary or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #742, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.

1970Busiest: 266 in 20022025
Zakary in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202518#5,207
202422#4,567
202329#3,799
202225#4,180
202137#3,179
202035#3,200
201935#3,256
201839#2,992
201759#2,239
201651#2,477
201577#1,895
201494#1,641
2013106#1,520
2012129#1,322
2011125#1,350
2010127#1,341
2009159#1,148
2008184#1,031
2007169#1,083
2006222#888
2005202#892
2004210#845
2003239#749
2002266#684
2001226#758
2000234#731
1999208#765
1998207#766
1997196#756
1996187#778
1995193#769
1994201#740
1993213#708
1992209#707
1991131#916
1990136#877
1989102#1,013
198889#1,045
198764#1,200
198649#1,418
198543#1,523
198437#1,605
198322#2,271
198232#1,773
198127#1,995
198019#2,535
197930#1,833
197817#2,567
197716#2,664
197616#2,600
197511#3,244
19748#3,835
19737#4,052
19729#3,342
19719#3,368
19706#4,228

Nicknames for Zakary

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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, “Zakary: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakary, updated 20 October 2026.