Zechariah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zek-a-RY-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #855 for boys
Zechariah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 855th for boys in the US (285 babies).
What does Zechariah mean?
Hebrew
“God has remembered”
Zechariah is a prophet with his own book in the Hebrew Bible; in Luke's Gospel another Zechariah is father of John the Baptist.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Zechariah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zechariah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 285 boys in the US.
How popular is Zechariah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,613among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Zechariah, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 24 boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more boys named Zechariah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Zechariah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Zechariah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 24 | #1,196 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Zechariah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #855among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 285about 1 in 6,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 285 boys in the US were named Zechariah, making it the 855th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 924th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 394 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971. 5 girls were also named Zechariah in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Zechariah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Zechariah in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 296 boys in the US were given Zechariah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #779, up from #855 for this spelling alone.
- Zechariah 285
- Zecharia 11
Zechariah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 285 | #855 |
| 2024 | 263 | #899 |
| 2023 | 254 | #911 |
| 2022 | 229 | #982 |
| 2021 | 251 | #913 |
| 2020 | 241 | #924 |
| 2019 | 279 | #815 |
| 2018 | 308 | #763 |
| 2017 | 323 | #736 |
| 2016 | 327 | #744 |
| 2015 | 394 | #656 |
| 2014 | 385 | #666 |
| 2013 | 360 | #669 |
| 2012 | 364 | #654 |
| 2011 | 325 | #705 |
| 2010 | 369 | #653 |
| 2009 | 344 | #700 |
| 2008 | 369 | #658 |
| 2007 | 364 | #658 |
| 2006 | 337 | #674 |
| 2005 | 338 | #645 |
| 2004 | 309 | #662 |
| 2003 | 280 | #690 |
| 2002 | 285 | #656 |
| 2001 | 295 | #635 |
| 2000 | 269 | #664 |
| 1999 | 232 | #711 |
| 1998 | 240 | #696 |
| 1997 | 194 | #765 |
| 1996 | 235 | #692 |
| 1995 | 201 | #759 |
| 1994 | 229 | #686 |
| 1993 | 242 | #659 |
| 1992 | 216 | #697 |
| 1991 | 175 | #774 |
| 1990 | 157 | #808 |
| 1989 | 153 | #801 |
| 1988 | 96 | #986 |
| 1987 | 97 | #953 |
| 1986 | 97 | #924 |
| 1985 | 76 | #1,056 |
| 1984 | 71 | #1,059 |
| 1983 | 74 | #1,028 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,088 |
| 1981 | 73 | #1,068 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,187 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,570 |
| 1978 | 39 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,645 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 20 | #2,204 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 16 | #2,403 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
Nicknames for Zechariah
Names like Zechariah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zakariya Ibrahim Muhammad Zachariah Musa Abdullah Josiah Elijah Azariah Noah Zachary Jeremiah
Other spellings of Zechariah
Names related to Zechariah
More Hebrew names
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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, “Zechariah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zechariah, updated 20 October 2026.