NameTides

Zachariah

Zachariah was the #536 boys' name in the US in 2025 (558 babies), and #346 in England & Wales and #837 in Canada.

Zachariah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zachariah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanadaIreland
Zachariah as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#536 (558)#346 (123)——#676 (4)#837 (31)
2024#568 (517)#371 (116)#727 (3)——#747 (35)
2023#585 (490)#299 (148)#533 (5)—#770 (3)#911 (26)
2022#528 (565)#375 (113)#703 (3)#352 (4)—#727 (35)
2021#543 (541)#370 (122)—#433 (3)—#713 (38)
2020#520 (552)#395 (105)—#392 (3)—#778 (31)
2019#473 (620)#374 (116)#609 (4)—#764 (3)#664 (38)
2018#484 (607)#351 (130)———#653 (39)
2017#441 (705)#388 (115)——#710 (3)#637 (40)
2016#436 (710)#350 (133)#442 (7)#421 (3)#713 (3)#653 (40)
2015#417 (747)#377 (116)—#288 (6)—#827 (28)
2014#445 (669)#338 (133)—#398 (3)#508 (6)#771 (31)
2013#399 (755)#323 (130)#687 (3)#343 (4)#711 (3)#809 (29)
2012#431 (643)#332 (133)#500 (5)#311 (5)—#686 (35)
2011#458 (582)#333 (130)#459 (6)#261 (6)#623 (4)#845 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1992 at #305.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,100 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 3,100uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Zachariah is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zachariah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #403WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #461MINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #438ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #395INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #605PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: #498CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #401CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #625KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: #161NMKansas: #590KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #461NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #552OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #566GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #469TXFlorida: #569FL
Zachariah (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Zachariah (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZachariahCanadaBoys#83731
ZachariahEngland & WalesBoys#346123
ZachariahIrelandBoys#6764
ZachariahNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZachariahScotlandBoys—too few
ZachariahUSGirls—too few
ZachariahUSBoys#536558