Zac

Where Zac comes from

The dictionaries list Zac as a given name — alternative form of Zach, 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. 1957
    First appearance
    #3,993 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2010
    Peak, #1,778
    83 babies named Zac — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2024
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,335.
In the dictionary
  • Alternative form of Zach, 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. Zac 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.