NameTides

Zachary

Zachary was the #216 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,646 babies), and #75 in England & Wales and #94 in Canada.

Zachary as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Zachary as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandNorthern IrelandUSIreland
Zachary as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies 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.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#216 (1,646)#75 (703)#129 (35)#185 (11)#211 (22)#94 (327)——
2024#194 (1,844)#69 (760)#125 (39)#125 (17)#179 (28)#90 (321)—#74 (102)
2023#171 (2,128)#61 (889)#162 (28)#95 (26)#181 (28)#69 (390)#86 (92)#78 (83)
2022#165 (2,263)#59 (994)#104 (54)#109 (23)#205 (25)#62 (445)#66 (121)#89 (77)
2021#144 (2,598)#55 (1,146)#108 (52)#105 (27)#215 (23)#58 (502)#76 (122)#75 (98)
2020#135 (2,729)#56 (1,155)#126 (43)#123 (22)#172 (31)#52 (526)#70 (124)#69 (103)
2019#124 (3,084)#50 (1,295)#145 (38)#101 (27)#208 (25)#44 (606)#67 (133)#59 (121)
2018#107 (3,577)#54 (1,265)#130 (47)#107 (25)#269 (17)#41 (653)#57 (156)#58 (108)
2017#103 (3,822)#45 (1,385)#116 (52)#124 (22)#197 (29)#51 (616)#60 (158)#44 (143)
2016#89 (4,576)#39 (1,670)#102 (67)#120 (25)#201 (28)#34 (774)#40 (199)#53 (118)
2015#88 (4,866)#41 (1,644)#106 (61)#87 (37)#201 (28)#29 (845)#50 (184)#53 (109)
2014#82 (5,188)#40 (1,670)#96 (73)#98 (32)#161 (41)#27 (902)#46 (201)#51 (118)
2013#73 (5,775)#39 (1,780)#105 (61)#122 (23)#176 (37)#26 (947)#45 (203)#42 (148)
2012#67 (6,263)#40 (1,722)#104 (65)#109 (28)#163 (41)#24 (1,035)#49 (204)#45 (145)
2011#64 (6,811)#45 (1,664)#127 (49)#101 (29)#180 (37)#23 (1,076)#54 (177)#42 (141)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1993 at #15.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1900.

How common is it?

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

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 390common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 560common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 750common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 490common

Next year

On its recent trend, Zachary is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zachary by state, 2025Alaska: #165AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #130NHWashington: #213WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #338MNIllinois: #226ILMichigan: #241MINew York: #125NYMassachusetts: #130MAOregon: #351ORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #215INOhio: #269OHPennsylvania: #143PANew Jersey: #123NJConnecticut: #137CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #184CAUtah: #255UTColorado: #251CONebraska: #228NEMissouri: #302MOKentucky: #269KYWest Virginia: #299WVVirginia: #199VAMaryland: #168MDDelaware: #126DEArizona: #295AZNew Mexico: #213NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #311TNNorth Carolina: #276NCSouth Carolina: #372SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #232OKLouisiana: #253LAMississippi: #201MSAlabama: #260ALGeorgia: #272GAHawaii: #180HITexas: #257TXFlorida: #215FL
Zachary (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
Quebec2025#7197
Ontario2024#114111

Zachary (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
ZacharyCanadaGirls—too few
ZacharyCanadaBoys#94327
ZacharyEngland & WalesBoys#75703
ZacharyIrelandBoys#21122
ZacharyNorthern IrelandBoys#18511
ZacharyNSWBoys—too few
ZacharyScotlandBoys#12935
ZacharyUSGirls—too few
ZacharyUSBoys#2161,646
ZacharyVICBoys—too few