Boy nameCurrently #194 in the USFalling
Zachary
ZAK-uh-ree//ˈzækəri//
3 syllablesPeak year: 19937 lettersStarts with Z
Meaning & origin
The Lord has remembered
Zachary comes from the Hebrew meaning 'the Lord has remembered', and belongs in the Bible to the father of John the Baptist, whose long-awaited prayer for a child was answered in old age. Its warm, biblical meaning made it very popular through the 1980s and 2000s.
Zachary's popularity over time
| Year | Births named Zachary |
|---|---|
| 1900 | 6 |
| 1912 | 8 |
| 1913 | 18 |
| 1914 | 11 |
| 1915 | 14 |
| 1916 | 17 |
| 1917 | 10 |
| 1918 | 11 |
| 1919 | 20 |
| 1920 | 16 |
| 1921 | 19 |
| 1922 | 11 |
| 1923 | 20 |
| 1924 | 13 |
| 1925 | 21 |
| 1926 | 22 |
| 1927 | 13 |
| 1928 | 14 |
| 1929 | 19 |
| 1930 | 16 |
| 1931 | 14 |
| 1932 | 17 |
| 1933 | 14 |
| 1934 | 11 |
| 1935 | 13 |
| 1936 | 9 |
| 1937 | 18 |
| 1938 | 15 |
| 1939 | 15 |
| 1940 | 20 |
| 1941 | 9 |
| 1942 | 15 |
| 1943 | 14 |
| 1944 | 10 |
| 1945 | 19 |
| 1946 | 49 |
| 1947 | 70 |
| 1948 | 91 |
| 1949 | 107 |
| 1950 | 149 |
| 1951 | 151 |
| 1952 | 171 |
| 1953 | 161 |
| 1954 | 200 |
| 1955 | 280 |
| 1956 | 270 |
| 1957 | 289 |
| 1958 | 237 |
| 1959 | 262 |
| 1960 | 350 |
| 1961 | 369 |
| 1962 | 339 |
| 1963 | 327 |
| 1964 | 333 |
| 1965 | 313 |
| 1966 | 330 |
| 1967 | 364 |
| 1968 | 347 |
| 1969 | 419 |
| 1970 | 565 |
| 1971 | 701 |
| 1972 | 1,007 |
| 1973 | 1,136 |
| 1974 | 1,280 |
| 1975 | 1,695 |
| 1976 | 2,655 |
| 1977 | 2,796 |
| 1978 | 3,150 |
| 1979 | 4,184 |
| 1980 | 4,274 |
| 1981 | 4,876 |
| 1982 | 6,181 |
| 1983 | 7,348 |
| 1984 | 9,121 |
| 1985 | 11,423 |
| 1986 | 11,814 |
| 1987 | 13,287 |
| 1988 | 15,976 |
| 1989 | 18,147 |
| 1990 | 20,489 |
| 1991 | 21,434 |
| 1992 | 24,853 |
| 1993 | 25,590 |
| 1994 | 25,191 |
| 1995 | 23,184 |
| 1996 | 22,409 |
| 1997 | 21,961 |
| 1998 | 20,623 |
| 1999 | 20,013 |
| 2000 | 19,890 |
| 2001 | 18,219 |
| 2002 | 16,648 |
| 2003 | 15,561 |
| 2004 | 13,782 |
| 2005 | 12,308 |
| 2006 | 11,034 |
| 2007 | 10,228 |
| 2008 | 9,247 |
| 2009 | 8,101 |
| 2010 | 7,194 |
| 2011 | 6,817 |
| 2012 | 6,271 |
| 2013 | 5,780 |
| 2014 | 5,195 |
| 2015 | 4,870 |
| 2016 | 4,585 |
| 2017 | 3,826 |
| 2018 | 3,575 |
| 2019 | 3,089 |
| 2020 | 2,726 |
| 2021 | 2,596 |
| 2022 | 2,266 |
| 2023 | 2,122 |
| 2024 | 1,835 |
Zachary through the decades
- Zachary peaked in 1993, when 25,590 babies were named Zachary in the US.
- Over the last 10 years of data (2015–2024), use of Zachary has fallen 62% compared to the 10 years before that.
- Zachary currently ranks #194 in the US and is cooling off.
Nicknames
ZachZack
Variants & spellings
Zachariah