NameTides

Zakari

Zakari was the #1,060 boys' name in the US in 2025 (206 babies), and #2,664 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Zakari as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Zakari 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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Zakari 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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#1,060 (206)#2,664 (8)#3,153 (5)
2024#1,092 (198)#2,444 (9)—
2023#1,024 (213)#2,814 (7)#2,123 (8)
2022#1,138 (184)#2,756 (7)—
2021#1,291 (147)#3,017 (6)—
2020#1,134 (172)#3,334 (5)#2,431 (6)
2019#1,107 (178)#3,013 (6)#2,440 (6)
2018#1,160 (165)#2,693 (7)#2,176 (7)
2017#1,541 (106)#3,040 (6)#2,198 (7)
2016#1,663 (95)#4,810 (3)—
2015#2,212 (61)#3,373 (5)#2,715 (5)
2014#2,622 (46)#3,362 (5)—
2013#2,998 (37)#2,403 (8)—
2012#3,002 (38)#3,987 (4)#1,655 (10)
2011#2,203 (59)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,024.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1986.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,300 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 8,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Zakari is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,800 to 1 in 8,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Zakari by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,133ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #1,297NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,111OHPennsylvania: #846PANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,471CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #849CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #437MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #912FL
Zakari (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ZakariCanadaBoys#3,1535
ZakariEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
ZakariNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ZakariUSGirls#10,1079
ZakariUSBoys#1,060206