How Many People Are Named Zechariah?
people named Zechariah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 30,653 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,369 babies named Zechariah in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
394 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Hebrew name ΧΦ°ΧΦ·Χ¨Φ°ΧΦΈΧ (Zekharyah) meaning "YAHWEH remembers". This is the name of many characters in the Old Testament, including the prophet Zechariah, the author of the Book of Zechariah. The name also appears in the New Testament belonging to the father of John the Baptist, who was temporarily made dumb because of his disbelief. He is regarded as a saint by Christians. In some versions of the New Testament his name is spelled in the Greek form Zacharias or the English form Zachary. As an English given name, Zechariah has been in occasional use since the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Zechariah (99.8%) were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Zechariah alive today is about 19 years old, and 80% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 27 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Zechariah first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2015, to 394 babies. In 2025, 290 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
π Rank History
Zechariah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #636, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #856.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #856 |
| Best rank | #636 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #705 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Zechariah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Zechariah were born in California than in any other state: about 1,223 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Zechariah was given 1.6 times as often in Georgia, 1.6 times in Mississippi and 1.5 times in Colorado.
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