How Many People Are Named Zachary?
people named Zachary are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 640 people in the US has this name
Based on 553,281 babies named Zachary in Social Security records from 1900 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐ Common
Peak Year
25,591 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Usual English form of ZACHARIAS, used in some English versions of the New Testament. This form has been in use since the Middle Ages, though it did not become common until after the Protestant Reformation. It was borne by American military commander and president Zachary Taylor (1784-1850).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Zachary in English. Counting Zachary and these spellings together, about 610,603 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Zachary (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zachary alive today is about 28 years old, and 52% are under 30. Half of them were between 22 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zachary first appears in the records in 1900 and was given most often in 1993, to 25,591 babies. In 2025, 1,646 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1900 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zachary never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #12, in 1994, and it was in the top 100 for 41 years, 1976 to 2016. In 2025 it ranked #216.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #216 |
| Best rank | #12 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | 41 (1976 to 2016) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #16 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zachary alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zachary were born in California than in any other state: about 43,762 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zachary was given 1.7 times as often in New Hampshire, 1.6 times in Maine and 1.6 times in West Virginia.
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