NameTides

Zak

Zak was the #6,803 boys' name in the US in 2025 (12 babies), and #611 in England & Wales and #1,642 in Canada.

Zak as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Zak 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandCanadaUS
Zak 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#6,803 (12)#611 (62)#243 (17)—#676 (4)#1,642 (13)
2024#4,701 (21)#592 (64)#218 (19)#256 (7)#520 (6)#1,089 (22)
2023#3,802 (29)#482 (83)#304 (12)#348 (4)—#1,283 (16)
2022#4,184 (25)#423 (97)#188 (24)#311 (5)#509 (6)#1,092 (20)
2021#3,074 (39)#433 (96)#172 (27)#326 (5)#454 (7)#910 (26)
2020#4,540 (21)#392 (108)#156 (32)#392 (3)#637 (4)#967 (23)
2019#3,496 (32)#353 (126)#157 (35)#274 (6)#564 (5)#917 (25)
2018#3,055 (38)#298 (163)#148 (39)#255 (7)#471 (7)#938 (24)
2017#3,006 (39)#321 (152)#148 (39)#250 (7)#547 (5)#890 (26)
2016#3,293 (34)#242 (224)#133 (46)#253 (7)#389 (9)#757 (33)
2015#2,864 (41)#223 (252)#154 (37)#415 (3)#554 (5)#791 (30)
2014#2,582 (47)#199 (285)#115 (56)#202 (11)#403 (9)#681 (37)
2013#2,528 (48)#180 (313)#108 (59)#208 (10)#282 (16)#564 (47)
2012#2,811 (42)#166 (357)#114 (56)#191 (11)#379 (10)#704 (34)
2011#2,748 (43)#154 (392)#99 (68)#139 (20)#540 (5)#565 (45)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #2,283.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1965.

How common is it?

about 1 in 140,000 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 140,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zak is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 150,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 100,000 to 1 in 240,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5138
Ontario2024#1,5176

Zak (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
ZakCanadaBoys#1,64213
ZakEngland & WalesBoys#61162
ZakIrelandBoys#6764
ZakNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZakScotlandBoys#24317
ZakUSBoys#6,80312