Zach

Where Zach comes from

The dictionaries list Zach as a given name — a diminutive of the male given names Zachariah, Zacharias, and Zachary — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 1 syllable
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,821 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Peak, #1,566
    30 babies named Zach — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Zachariah, Zacharias, and Zachary.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Zach hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.