Zackary

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #10,479 · #1,509 for boys in 2025, 116 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 1,274 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
31,593
since 1921

Zackary over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zackary has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #232, 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#1,509116
2024#1,413131
2023#1,309146
2022#1,237159
2021#1,046205
2020#1,111177
2019#1,066191
2018#995208
2017#864252
2016#770314
2015#752321
2014#615435
2013#565467
2012#507523
2011#451600
2010#406696
2009#365834
2008#359870
2007#338950
2006#321998
2005#3101,066
2004#2881,105
2003#2681,169
2002#2541,275
2001#2441,386
2000#2491,351
1999#2381,359
1998#2341,345
1997#2471,203
1996#2401,239
1995#2431,192
1994#2321,274
1993#2391,213
1992#10,4797#2781,030
1991#325777
1990#333743
1989#339680
1988#354587
1987#405460
1986#459364
1985#471340
1984#527264
1983#558227
1982#663173
1981#714146
1980#761133
1979#789120
1978#93885
1977#91386
1976#94677
1975#1,19150
1974#1,29043
1973#1,35438
1972#1,47333
1971#1,59730
1970#2,21317
1969#1,76722
1968#1,96217
1967#2,47011
1966#1,81418
1965#1,98716
1964#1,85019
1963#1,65923
1962#1,89618
1961#1,82320
1960#1,81220
1959#2,11115
1958#2,8189
1957#1,79120
1956#2,16814
1955#1,97916
1954#2,31612
1953#1,90017
1952#2,51410
1951#3,3646
1950#3,6815
1949#3,0197
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five boys were named Zackary! It came in at #4,322, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1921–1948, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Zackary is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedNHWashington: #273 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,613 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #316 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,266 boysMNIllinois: #697 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,695 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMINew York: #1,007 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 19,474 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedRIOregon: #236 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,077 boysORNevada: #143 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 872 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedIAIndiana: #339 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,200 boysINOhio: #437 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,957 boysOHPennsylvania: #537 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 10,823 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #570 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 7,585 boysCAUtah: #317 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,936 boysUTColorado: #312 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,109 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedNEMissouri: #349 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,456 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #167 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,469 boysWVVirginia: #495 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,187 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedNMKansas: #261 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,491 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedARTennessee: #457 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,281 boysTNNorth Carolina: #482 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,516 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #384 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,013 boysOKLouisiana: #471 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,484 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMSAlabama: #433 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,070 boysALGeorgia: #406 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 4,169 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedHITexas: #508 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 5,493 boysTXFlorida: #729 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,867 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#143 · 1 in 872
  2. West Virginia#167 · 1 in 1,469
  3. Oregon#236 · 1 in 2,077
  4. Kansas#261 · 1 in 2,491
  5. Washington#273 · 1 in 2,613

Best ever in a state: #89 in West Virginia, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#14371 in 872
West Virginia#16781 in 1,469
Oregon#23691 in 2,077
Kansas#26171 in 2,491
Washington#273121 in 2,613
Colorado#31281 in 3,109
Minnesota#31661 in 5,266
Utah#31761 in 2,936
Indiana#33991 in 4,200
Missouri#34981 in 4,456
Oklahoma#38461 in 4,013
Georgia#406101 in 4,169
Alabama#43351 in 5,070
Ohio#437111 in 6,957
Tennessee#45751 in 6,281
Louisiana#47181 in 4,484
North Carolina#48261 in 6,516
Virginia#49551 in 7,187
Texas#508261 in 5,493
Pennsylvania#53771 in 10,823
California#570281 in 7,585
Illinois#69771 in 11,695
Florida#72961 in 11,867
New York#1,00761 in 19,474
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Zackary
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 96 spots since 2024 (#1,413#1,509)
  • 398 spots since 2020 (#1,111#1,509)
  • 757 spots since 2015 (#752#1,509)
  • Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1976 (#1,191#946)
  • Biggest drop: 137 spots in 2015 (#615#752)
Rise & fade · boys
73 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1994 at #232 (1,274 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1976–2018
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,402
  • Highest: 1 in 1,402 boys born in 2001 were named Zackary (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,725 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #232 in 1994, was only 1 in 1,517 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 36.0% of all boys named Zackary (11,375) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,322 (1921)#4,322
1930s0
1940s7#3,019 (1949)#3,019
1950s124#1,791 (1957)#2,464
1960s184#1,659 (1963)#1,904
1970s579#789 (1979)#1,270
1980s3,374#339 (1989)#525
1990s11,375#232 (1994)#261
2000s11,004#244 (2001)#300
2010s4,007#406 (2010)#699
2020s934#1,046 (2021)#1,271

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.

Zackary in 1984

boys
#527
264 births · 1 in 6,837 boys

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #527Zackary264
More about 1984

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 6,837 of them was named Zackary, which outranked 92.8% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zackary
  1. #524Jean268
  2. #525Dan265
  3. #525Vicente265
  4. #527Zackary264
  5. #527Demarcus264
  6. #529Ali263
  7. #529Brooks263
  8. #529Solomon263

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. 958Ryne#1,562#604
  2. 472Rachel#1,448#976
  3. 399Zebulon#1,375#976
  4. 359Travon#1,327#968
  5. 347Mackenzie#1,347#1,000
Fallers
  1. 741Trumaine#949#1,690
  2. 422Basil#1,000#1,422
  3. 240Alfonzo#1,000#1,240
  4. 208Jasen#804#1,012
  5. 205Woodrow#949#1,154

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

See the top 100 for 1984