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
#305
1992 · 874 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #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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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
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1967—#2,9858
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1962—#4,0335
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1957—#3,9935
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1954—#3,4526
1953—#2,7099
1952—#3,0957
1951—#3,3646
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1926—#4,2015
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1924—#3,5057
1923—#2,77210
1922—#3,5327
1921—#3,8696
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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.

Where Zachariah is popular in 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
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  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #543 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,676 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Zachariah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#543 · 1 in 6,676

Best ever in a state: #100 in Montana, 1989.

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North Carolina#54351 in 6,676
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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 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 1923

boys
#2,772
10 births · 1 in 109,610 boys

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #2,772Zachariah10
More about 1923

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 109,610 of them was named Zachariah, which outranked 43.5% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zachariah
  1. #2,614Windle11
  2. #2,614Wood11
  3. #2,614Yasuo11
  4. #2,772Zachariah10
  5. #2,772Abelino10
  6. #2,772Adalbert10
  7. #2,772Aden10
  8. #2,950Acy9
  9. #2,950Adalberto9
  10. #2,950Admiral9

Tied with 177 names at #2,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 403Marcos#1,333 → #930
  2. ↑ 341Armin#1,333 → #992
  3. ↑ 309Betty#1,222 → #913
  4. ↑ 309Godfrey#1,222 → #913
  5. ↑ 308Val#1,181 → #873
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,021Harden#999 → #2,020
  2. ↓ 472Buel#850 → #1,322
  3. ↓ 420Trinidad#485 → #905
  4. ↓ 304Gorden#722 → #1,026
  5. ↓ 288Joy#840 → #1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923 →