How Many People Are Named Zak?
people named Zak are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 219,233 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,608 babies named Zak in Social Security records from 1965 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
50 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ZACHARY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Zak in English. Counting Zak and these spellings together, about 12,600 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Zak in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Zak alive today is about 23 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Zak first appears in the records in 1965 and was given most often in 2004, to 50 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Zak has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,943, in 1988. In 2025 it ranked #7,177.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,177 |
| Best rank | #1,943 (1988) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,663 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Zak alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zak were born in California than in any other state: about 97 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zak was given 3.6 times as often in California and 3 times in Texas.
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