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Zakk

Gender
Boy
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ZAK
Origin
Hebrew

Zakk is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Zakk mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Zak; short form of Zachary or Zachariah

“God has remembered”

A short form of Zachary or Zachariah, from the Hebrew Zechariah, God has remembered.

Meaning borrowed from Zak.

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

Zakk is a boys' name.

How popular is Zakk in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 38 boys.

Half of all the boys named Zakk in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 38 in 20122024
Zakk in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20243#5,198
20234#4,335
20227#2,922
20216#3,179
20204#4,025
201913#1,858
20187#2,823
201717#1,563
201611#2,143
201514#1,779
201433#969
201329#1,040
201238#889
201124#1,164
201034#927
200930#972
200827#1,047
200726#1,031
200620#1,167
200529#866
200419#1,110
200327#828
200213#1,252
200113#1,209
20008#1,637
199910#1,352
19988#1,569
19975#2,109
19966#1,840

How popular is Zakk in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.

Half of all the boys named Zakk in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1989Busiest: 37 in 20072024
Zakk in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20245#12,341
20230–
20220–
20216#10,794
20207#9,548
20198#8,883
201814#6,032
201711#7,091
201614#6,048
201515#5,742
201421#4,534
201321#4,461
201215#5,714
201120#4,657
201030#3,530
200926#3,917
200828#3,741
200737#3,088
200632#3,304
200530#3,315
200417#4,788
200327#3,361
200221#3,904
20018#7,529
200010#6,309
199912#5,311
19986#8,472
19977#7,275
19960–
199511#5,118
199410#5,446
199315#4,013
199215#3,912
19915#8,228
199012#4,401
19899#5,158

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