Zechariah

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #855 for boys in 2025, 285 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2001 · 295 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,351
since 1971

Zechariah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zechariah has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #635, 2001boys
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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#14,9425#855285
2024#899263
2023#911254
2022#982229
2021#913251
2020#924241
2019#815279
2018#763308
2017#736323
2016#744327
2015#656394
2014#666385
2013#669360
2012#654364
2011#705325
2010#653369
2009#12,4298#700344
2008#658369
2007#658364
2006#674337
2005#16,4625#645338
2004#662309
2003#690280
2002#656285
2001#635295
2000#665269
1999#713232
1998#696240
1997#767194
1996#693235
1995#762201
1994#687229
1993#660242
1992#699216
1991#778175
1990#812157
1989#804153
1988#98796
1987#95497
1986#92597
1985#1,05776
1984#1,06071
1983#1,02874
1982#1,08870
1981#1,06873
1980#1,18759
1979#1,57037
1978#1,48739
1977#1,64533
1976#1,50236
1975#2,20520
1974#2,35817
1973#2,40516
1972#2,81912
1971#3,9637
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First appearance
1971

The first year at least five boys were named Zechariah! It came in at #3,963, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1971, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Zechariah is popular in 1993

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedNHWashington: #495 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,933 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #618 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 6,582 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedWIMichigan: #477 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,901 boysMINew York: #758 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 9,205 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #385 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,868 boysINOhio: #438 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 4,986 boysOHPennsylvania: #684 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 10,822 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #645 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 8,101 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedUTColorado: #404 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,476 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #475 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,564 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedDEArizona: #439 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,846 boysAZNew Mexico: #276 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,431 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #389 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,251 boysOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedALGeorgia: #844 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 9,622 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zechariah, so not publishedHITexas: #789 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 9,567 boysTXFlorida: #683 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,983 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#276 · 1 in 1,431
  2. Indiana#385 · 1 in 3,868
  3. Oklahoma#389 · 1 in 3,251
  4. Colorado#404 · 1 in 3,476
  5. Ohio#438 · 1 in 4,986

Best ever in a state: #199 in Hawaii, 2004.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#27681 in 1,431
Indiana#385101 in 3,868
Oklahoma#38961 in 3,251
Colorado#40471 in 3,476
Ohio#438151 in 4,986
Arizona#43981 in 3,846
Virginia#47591 in 4,564
Michigan#477131 in 4,901
Washington#49571 in 4,933
Illinois#618131 in 6,582
California#645341 in 8,101
Florida#683111 in 7,983
Pennsylvania#68471 in 10,822
New York#758141 in 9,205
Texas#789161 in 9,567
Georgia#84451 in 9,622
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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 Zechariah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 44 spots since 2024 (#899#855)
  • 69 spots since 2020 (#924#855)
  • 199 spots since 2015 (#656#855)
  • Biggest jump: 183 spots in 1989 (#987#804)
  • Biggest drop: 109 spots in 2020 (#815#924)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1971
  • Peaked 2001 at #635 (295 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1986–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,865
  • Highest: 1 in 4,865 boys born in 2015 were named Zechariah (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,993 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #635 in 2001, was only 1 in 6,586 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 30.3% of all boys named Zechariah (3,434) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s217#1,487 (1978)#2,217
1980s866#804 (1989)#1,016
1990s2,121#660 (1993)#727
2000s3,190#635 (2001)#664
2010s3,434#653 (2010)#706
2020s1,523#855 (2025)#914

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.

Zechariah in 1993

boys
#660
242 births · 1 in 8,105 boys

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #660Zechariah242
More about 1993

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 8,105 of them was named Zechariah, which outranked 93.5% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zechariah
  1. #657Jamison245
  2. #658Gino243
  3. #658Rashawn243
  4. #660Zechariah242
  5. #660Akeem242
  6. #660Peyton242
  7. #663Deion241
  8. #663Dequan241
  9. #665Donnie240

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

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 5,880Savon#6,670#790
  2. 2,006Jordy#2,834#828
  3. 662Austyn#1,598#936
  4. 471Devaughn#1,395#924
  5. 454Mikal#1,294#840
Fallers
  1. 329Channing#887#1,216
  2. 307Garth#658#965
  3. 252Earnest#911#1,163
  4. 241Armand#987#1,228
  5. 240Spenser#831#1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993