How Many People Are Named Zacharias?
people named Zacharias are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 168,782 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,074 babies named Zacharias in Social Security records from 1930 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
94 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Greek form of ZECHARIAH. This form of the name is used in most English versions of the New Testament to refer to the father of John the Baptist. It was also borne by an 8th-century pope (called Zachary in English).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zacharias in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zacharias alive today is about 20 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 29 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zacharias first appears in the records in 1930 and was given most often in 2016, to 94 babies. In 2025, 28 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1930 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zacharias has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,674, in 1993. In 2025 it ranked #3,945.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,945 |
| Best rank | #1,674 (1993) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,149 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zacharias alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zacharias were born in Texas than in any other state: about 181 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zacharias was given 3.8 times as often in Texas and 2.1 times in California.
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