Zachary

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #216 for boys in 2025, 1,646 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 25,139 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
41 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
551,752
since 1900

Zachary over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #12, 1994boys
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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#2161,646
2024#1941,844
2023#1712,128
2022#15,3065#1652,263
2021#1442,598
2020#1352,729
2019#13,7996#1243,084
2018#1073,577
2017#15,9025#1033,822
2016#10,8599#894,576
2015#16,4195#884,866
2014#11,9318#825,188
2013#14,5826#735,775
2012#12,1998#676,263
2011#13,3477#646,811
2010#10,45110#617,184
2009#10,67910#538,091
2008#9,47612#479,235
2007#10,12911#4210,217
2006#6,12521#3311,013
2005#5,99920#2912,288
2004#2,42470#2613,712
2003#5,58621#2015,541
2002#4,62126#1916,622
2001#3,78534#1618,185
2000#3,45338#1519,852
1999#3,80431#1719,985
1998#2,97343#1620,580
1997#3,44833#1321,929
1996#2,90141#1422,369
1995#2,36755#1423,131
1994#2,38154#1225,139
1993#2,38053#1525,538
1992#2,43353#1624,802
1991#2,59347#2221,387
1990#2,23457#2220,430
1989#1,89869#2518,077
1988#1,354105#2915,870
1987#1,51984#3313,201
1986#1,45987#3811,725
1985#1,56277#3911,346
1984#1,88656#459,065
1983#2,39839#507,309
1982#2,36941#556,139
1981#2,92830#634,841
1980#3,00229#724,245
1979#2,99728#744,156
1978#3,51221#893,127
1977#3,76119#952,777
1976#6,0489#962,644
1975#7,1737#1451,688
1974#8,7755#1791,274
1973#1971,135
1972#7,2926#2211,001
1971#289701
1970#7,0706#342557
1969#382418
1968#5,6427#416340
1967#402363
1966#420329
1965#436313
1964#438333
1963#440326
1962#434339
1961#413369
1960#6,3905#431346
1959#485262
1958#503236
1957#453289
1956#459270
1955#443280
1954#515200
1953#557161
1952#539171
1951#555151
1950#553149
1949#664107
1948#70091
1947#83170
1946#95249
1945#1,53619
1944#2,30910
1943#1,98614
1942#1,86715
1941#2,4919
1940#1,51920
1939#1,79515
1938#1,81815
1937#1,62718
1936#2,4529
1935#2,02913
1934#2,26611
1933#1,90514
1932#1,77717
1931#2,00314
1930#1,88916
1929#1,73119
1928#2,16214
1927#2,29813
1926#1,60522
1925#1,67921
1924#2,34713
1923#1,75320
1922#2,63011
1921#1,82919
1920#2,05216
1919#1,69520
1918#2,54311
1917#2,56210
1916#1,77117
1915#1,96814
1914#1,97511
1913#1,20518
1912#1,8858
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Zachary! It came in at #1,162, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1911, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Zachary
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 22 spots since 2024 (#194#216)
  • 81 spots since 2020 (#135#216)
  • 128 spots since 2015 (#88#216)
  • Biggest jump: 584 spots in 1946 (#1,536#952)
  • Biggest drop: 50 spots in 1958 (#453#503)
Rise & fade · boys
94 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1994 at #12 (25,139 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 41 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 41 yrs · run 1976–2016
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1946–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 77
  • Highest: 1 in 77 boys born in 1993 were named Zachary (1.3%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,038 boys born in 2025 (0.10%)
  • Its best rank, #12 in 1994, was only 1 in 77 (1.3%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 40.8% of all boys named Zachary (225,290) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,162 (1900)#1,162
1910s109#1,205 (1913)#1,951
1920s168#1,605 (1926)#2,009
1930s142#1,627 (1937)#1,956
1940s404#664 (1949)#1,486
1950s2,169#443 (1955)#506
1960s3,476#382 (1969)#421
1970s19,060#74 (1979)#173
1980s101,818#25 (1989)#45
1990s225,290#12 (1994)#16
2000s134,756#15 (2000)#30
2010s51,146#61 (2010)#86
2020s13,208#135 (2020)#171

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.

Zachary in 2006

girls
#6,125
21 births · 1 in 90,534 girls
boys
#33
11,013 births · 1 in 187 boys

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #6,125Zachary21

Top boys' names in 2006

  1. #1Jacob24,871
  2. #2Michael22,653
  3. #3Joshua22,336
  4. #4Ethan20,522
  5. #5Matthew20,339
  6. #6Daniel20,082
  7. #7Andrew19,733
  8. #8Christopher19,688
  9. #9Anthony19,413
  10. #10William18,965
  11. #33Zachary11,013
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 90,534 of them was named Zachary, which outranked 69.5% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zachary
  1. #5,906Zehra22
  2. #5,906Zully22
  3. #5,906Zykerria22
  4. #6,125Zachary21
  5. #6,125Aadya21
  6. #6,125Abagayle21
  7. #6,125Abi21
  8. #6,356Aaleyah20
  9. #6,356Aamori20
  10. #6,356Abriel20

Tied with 230 names at #6,125; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 8,571Bethzy#9,452#881
  2. 1,747Rihanna#2,278#531
  3. 965Yaretzi#1,803#838
  4. 921Betsy#1,668#747
  5. 612Evangeline#1,210#598
Fallers
  1. 2,134Mikalah#806#2,940
  2. 1,275Jolette#954#2,229
  3. 756Karol#818#1,574
  4. 446Litzy#388#834
  5. 305Devon#963#1,268

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

boys

2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 187 of them was named Zachary, which outranked 99.8% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zachary
  1. #30Jose11,604
  2. #31Angel11,602
  3. #32Aiden11,591
  4. #33Zachary11,013
  5. #34Caleb11,001
  6. #35Jackson10,896
  7. #36Jack10,837
Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. 792Bode#1,648#856
  2. 790Talen#1,691#901
  3. 677Kingston#1,603#926
  4. 634Imanol#1,619#985
  5. 590Yandel#1,266#676
Fallers
  1. 2,208Baby#945#3,153
  2. 609Kanye#892#1,501
  3. 442Amarion#628#1,070
  4. 308Omarion#420#728
  5. 224Johnpaul#739#963

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

See the top 100 for 2006