Zacariah

Zacariah was the #7,679 boys' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Zacariah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Zacariah as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Zacariah as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#7,679 (10)#5,137 (3)
2024#8,987 (8)—
2023#8,255 (9)—
2022#7,768 (10)—
2021#7,089 (11)—
2020#7,034 (11)—
2019#9,756 (7)—
2018#7,617 (10)—
2017#7,546 (10)—
2016#9,664 (7)—
2015#8,040 (9)#3,908 (4)
2014#7,048 (11)—
2013#5,404 (16)—
2012#5,720 (15)—
2011#6,578 (12)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #4,162.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zacariah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 190,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 150,000 to 1 in 240,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.