Zakhar
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Zakhar is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Zakhar mean?
Slavic
A male given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zakhar a girl's or a boy's name?
Zakhar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zakhar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 467% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Zakhar, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 9 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Zakhar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
How popular is Zakhar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Zakhar, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Zakhar in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zakhar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
Names like Zakhar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Umar, Muhammad, Amir, Musa, Zayd, Zayaan, Hamza, Zayan, Zayyan, Zahir, Ziyad, Mustafa
Names related to Zakhar
Zachary, Zakariya, Zakaria, Zackary, Zakariah, Zakary, Zakari, Zakir, Zakhari
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
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, “Zakhar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zakhar, updated 20 October 2026.