How Many People Are Named Zakaria?

3,311

people named Zakaria are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 103,227 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,349 babies named Zakaria in Social Security records from 1980 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,836

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,809

See the top 100

Peak Year

2011

175 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Georgian, Arabic
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Georgian form of ZECHARIAH. This is also a variant transcription of Arabic ZAKARIYYA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
14.0%
Male
86.0%

Of the babies given the name Zakaria, 14% were girls and 86% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 9% of the babies were girls then and 7.7% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Zakaria alive today is about 14 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 20 in 2025.

Under 30 3,155
95.3%
30 to 59 155
4.7%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Zakaria first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 2011, to 175 babies. In 2025, 114 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Zakaria has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,263, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #1,528. Among girls, its best rank was #2,906, in 2011.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#1,528Not ranked
Best rank#1,263 (2017)#2,906 (2011)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#1,454 in the 2010s#6,232 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Zakaria alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Zakaria were born in New York than in any other state: about 277 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zakaria was given 9.5 times as often in Minnesota, 2.7 times in New York and 2.2 times in Massachusetts.

New York 277
Minnesota 264
California 225
Texas 156
Ohio 114
Michigan 109
Florida 92
Illinois 88
Massachusetts 68
Virginia 63
New Jersey 61
Washington 44
Pennsylvania 20
Georgia 20
Arizona 18
Colorado 16
North Carolina 11
Maryland 11
Tennessee 11
Louisiana 5

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