NameTides

Zakai

Zakai was the #563 boys' name in the US in 2025 (528 babies), and #1,226 in England & Wales and #1,944 in Canada.

Zakai as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Zakai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Zakai as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#563 (528)#1,226 (23)#1,944 (10)
2024#604 (473)#1,076 (27)#1,246 (18)
2023#659 (415)#1,139 (25)#1,342 (15)
2022#705 (374)#1,314 (20)#2,052 (8)
2021#785 (314)#1,448 (17)#1,478 (13)
2020#902 (249)#1,492 (16)#1,520 (12)
2019#897 (244)#1,439 (17)#1,835 (9)
2018#894 (242)#1,455 (17)#2,176 (7)
2017#1,066 (185)#1,812 (13)—
2016#1,279 (142)#1,431 (18)#2,182 (7)
2015#1,555 (104)#2,707 (7)#2,139 (7)
2014#1,781 (84)#1,721 (13)#1,778 (9)
2013#1,613 (95)#3,315 (5)—
2012#1,697 (89)#2,458 (8)#2,368 (6)
2011#2,077 (64)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #563.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1998.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 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 3,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zakai is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,800 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 2,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zakai by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #393WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #576WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #500ILMichigan: #517MINew York: #583NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #389NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #711INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #387PANew Jersey: #429NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #787CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #501CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #346MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #435VAMaryland: #475MDDelaware: #142DEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #468KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #551TNNorth Carolina: #447NCSouth Carolina: #414SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #573ALGeorgia: #357GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #638TXFlorida: #403FL
Zakai (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#84913

Zakai (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
ZakaiCanadaBoys#1,94410
ZakaiEngland & WalesBoys#1,22623
Za'KaiEngland & WalesBoys—too few
ZakaiNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZakaiUSGirls—too few
ZakaiUSBoys#563528