Zakhai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- za-KY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Zakhai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “pure, innocent”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Zakhai mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Zakai; from Zakkai
“pure, innocent”
Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai was a 1st-century sage who founded the academy at Yavneh after the fall of Jerusalem.
Meaning borrowed from Zakai.
Is Zakhai a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakhai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakhai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Zakhai, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Zakhai in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 580 boys in the US were given Zakhai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #519, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
Zakhai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Zakhai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamir, Musa, Zahir, Zayd, Zayan, Azai, Khaza, Zayaan, Hamza, Salem, Zymir, Zair
Other spellings of Zakhai
Names related to Zakhai
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Zakhai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakhai, updated 20 October 2026.