How Many People Are Named Zakariya?

2,534

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

About 1 in 134,879 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,558 babies named Zakariya in Social Security records from 1989 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,778

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,153

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Peak Year

2025

189 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Arabic
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant transcription of ZAKARIYYA.

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

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
1.8%
Male
98.2%

Of the babies given the name Zakariya, 1.8% were girls and 98.2% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Zakariya alive today is about 10 years old, and 97% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 15 in 2025.

Under 30 2,466
97.4%
30 to 59 67
2.6%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Zakariya first appears in the records in 1989, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 189 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1989 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Zakariya has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,130, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #1,130.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,130
Best rank#1,130 (2025)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,585 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Zakariya were born in New York than in any other state: about 289 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zakariya was given 8.7 times as often in Minnesota, 3.2 times in New York and 2.5 times in Illinois.

New York 289
California 246
Minnesota 216
Illinois 142
Texas 136
Michigan 93
Ohio 92
Virginia 75
New Jersey 55
Florida 47
Washington 37
Maryland 28
Massachusetts 15
Pennsylvania 6
Arizona 6
Missouri 5
Georgia 5

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