Zakarya
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- za-ka-REE-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Zakarya is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Zakarya mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Zakariya, Arabic form of Zechariah
“God has remembered”
Zakariya (Zechariah), father of John the Baptist, is honoured as a prophet in Islam.
Is Zakarya a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakarya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakarya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Zakarya, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2008, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zakarya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Zakarya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
Names like Zakarya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Mustafa, Zayd, Zayaan, Zayan, Abdullah, Abdulrahman, Ahmed, Rafa, Huzaifa
Names related to Zakarya
Zakariya, Zakaria, Zakariyya, Zakariyah, Zackary, Zakariah, Zakary, Zackariya
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, “Zakarya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakarya, updated 20 October 2026.