Zachariah

Last seen for girls in 2010 at #16,992 · #536 for boys in 2025, 558 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1992 · 874 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
31,238
since 1880

Zachariah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zachariah has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #305, 1992boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#536558
2024#568517
2023#585490
2022#528565
2021#543541
2020#520552
2019#473620
2018#484607
2017#441705
2016#436710
2015#417747
2014#445669
2013#399755
2012#431643
2011#458582
2010#16,9925#445603
2009#429657
2008#439650
2007#436640
2006#415691
2005#409667
2004#16,0995#418620
2003#378688
2002#395660
2001#387658
2000#15,0315#373700
1999#383676
1998#14,1225#373687
1997#358706
1996#347716
1995#332772
1994#320809
1993#324810
1992#305874
1991#311833
1990#327757
1989#334698
1988#337640
1987#363538
1986#10,9125#372498
1985#372491
1984#10,4225#396430
1983#8,0477#381440
1982#377459
1981#424384
1980#403406
1979#412371
1978#464302
1977#482281
1976#528234
1975#591186
1974#639159
1973#639155
1972#692134
1971#1,02663
1970#2,29316
1969#3,5957
1968
1967#2,9858
1966
1965
1964
1963#4,0485
1962#4,0335
1961
1960
1959
1958#3,9445
1957#3,9935
1956
1955#3,8865
1954#3,4526
1953#2,7099
1952#3,0957
1951#3,3646
1950
1949#2,6069
1948
1947
1946#2,6908
1945#3,3385
1944
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939#3,4805
1938
1937#3,1756
1936#3,1476
1935
1934#3,2776
1933
1932
1931
1930
1929
1928#4,1515
1927#4,2105
1926#4,2015
1925#4,1975
1924#3,5057
1923#2,77210
1922#3,5327
1921#3,8696
1920
1919#3,1158
1918
1917#3,2177
1916#2,9268
1915#3,8255
1914#2,9156
1913#2,4966
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1906
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1903
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1898
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1893
1892#1,0665
1891
1890
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1888
1887
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1885
1884#9715
1883
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1881
1880#9095
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Zachariah was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1912, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Zachariah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 32 spots since 2024 (#568#536)
  • 16 spots since 2020 (#520#536)
  • 119 spots since 2015 (#417#536)
  • Biggest jump: 334 spots in 1972 (#1,026#692)
  • Biggest drop: 57 spots in 2023 (#528#585)
Rise & fade · boys
112 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1992 at #305 (874 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1972–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,285
  • Highest: 1 in 2,285 boys born in 1992 were named Zachariah (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,061 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 24.5% of all boys named Zachariah (7,640) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#909 (1880)#940
1890s5#1,066 (1892)#1,066
1900s0
1910s40#2,496 (1913)#3,082
1920s50#2,772 (1923)#3,805
1930s23#3,147 (1936)#3,270
1940s22#2,606 (1949)#2,878
1950s43#2,709 (1953)#3,492
1960s25#2,985 (1967)#3,665
1970s1,901#412 (1979)#777
1980s4,984#334 (1989)#376
1990s7,640#305 (1992)#338
2000s6,631#373 (2000)#408
2010s6,641#399 (2013)#443
2020s3,223#520 (2020)#547

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Zachariah in 1983

girls
#8,047
7 births · 1 in 238,658 girls
boys
#381
440 births · 1 in 4,074 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #8,047Zachariah7

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #381Zachariah440
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 238,658 of them was named Zachariah, which outranked 33.4% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zachariah
  1. #7,312Yury8
  2. #7,312Zakiyah8
  3. #7,312Zephyr8
  4. #8,047Zachariah7
  5. #8,047Abelina7
  6. #8,047Abria7
  7. #8,047Achel7
  8. #9,015Abrielle6
  9. #9,015Adama6
  10. #9,015Adebola6

Tied with 967 names at #8,047; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 6,772Ciji#7,469#697
  2. 6,751Kirby#7,469#718
  3. 2,656Dwan#3,530#874
  4. 1,888Mallory#2,220#332
  5. 987Marquita#1,099#112
Fallers
  1. 656Syreeta#717#1,373
  2. 572Jenilee#817#1,389
  3. 538Tenika#947#1,485
  4. 396Toccara#541#937
  5. 333Venus#950#1,283

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 4,074 of them was named Zachariah, which outranked 94.8% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zachariah
  1. #378Jarvis453
  2. #379Nolan449
  3. #380Perry445
  4. #381Zachariah440
  5. #382Brock437
  6. #382Rick437
  7. #384Oliver435
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. 2,260Remington#3,108#848
  2. 2,159Trumaine#3,108#949
  3. 1,157Akeem#1,774#617
  4. 738Jacoby#1,654#916
  5. 655Deven#1,622#967
Fallers
  1. 284Marcello#969#1,253
  2. 275Schuyler#845#1,120
  3. 273Jessy#917#1,190
  4. 258Kennith#981#1,239
  5. 220Jarrad#933#1,153

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1983