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
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 25,139 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 41 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 551,752since 1900
Zachary over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #216 | 1,646 | |
| 2024 | — | #194 | 1,844 | |
| 2023 | — | #171 | 2,128 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #165 | 2,263 |
| 2021 | — | #144 | 2,598 | |
| 2020 | — | #135 | 2,729 | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | #124 | 3,084 |
| 2018 | — | #107 | 3,577 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #103 | 3,822 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #89 | 4,576 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #88 | 4,866 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | #82 | 5,188 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #73 | 5,775 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | #67 | 6,263 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #64 | 6,811 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | #61 | 7,184 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #53 | 8,091 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | #47 | 9,235 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #42 | 10,217 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | #33 | 11,013 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | #29 | 12,288 |
| 2004 | #2,424 | 70 | #26 | 13,712 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #20 | 15,541 |
| 2002 | #4,621 | 26 | #19 | 16,622 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 | #16 | 18,185 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 | #15 | 19,852 |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 | #17 | 19,985 |
| 1998 | #2,973 | 43 | #16 | 20,580 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 | #13 | 21,929 |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | #14 | 22,369 |
| 1995 | #2,367 | 55 | #14 | 23,131 |
| 1994 | #2,381 | 54 | #12 | 25,139 |
| 1993 | #2,380 | 53 | #15 | 25,538 |
| 1992 | #2,433 | 53 | #16 | 24,802 |
| 1991 | #2,593 | 47 | #22 | 21,387 |
| 1990 | #2,234 | 57 | #22 | 20,430 |
| 1989 | #1,898 | 69 | #25 | 18,077 |
| 1988 | #1,354 | 105 | #29 | 15,870 |
| 1987 | #1,519 | 84 | #33 | 13,201 |
| 1986 | #1,459 | 87 | #38 | 11,725 |
| 1985 | #1,562 | 77 | #39 | 11,346 |
| 1984 | #1,886 | 56 | #45 | 9,065 |
| 1983 | #2,398 | 39 | #50 | 7,309 |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 | #55 | 6,139 |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 | #63 | 4,841 |
| 1980 | #3,002 | 29 | #72 | 4,245 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #74 | 4,156 |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | #89 | 3,127 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | #95 | 2,777 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #96 | 2,644 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #145 | 1,688 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #179 | 1,274 |
| 1973 | — | #197 | 1,135 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #221 | 1,001 |
| 1971 | — | #289 | 701 | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #342 | 557 |
| 1969 | — | #382 | 418 | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #416 | 340 |
| 1967 | — | #402 | 363 | |
| 1966 | — | #420 | 329 | |
| 1965 | — | #436 | 313 | |
| 1964 | — | #438 | 333 | |
| 1963 | — | #440 | 326 | |
| 1962 | — | #434 | 339 | |
| 1961 | — | #413 | 369 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #431 | 346 |
| 1959 | — | #485 | 262 | |
| 1958 | — | #503 | 236 | |
| 1957 | — | #453 | 289 | |
| 1956 | — | #459 | 270 | |
| 1955 | — | #443 | 280 | |
| 1954 | — | #515 | 200 | |
| 1953 | — | #557 | 161 | |
| 1952 | — | #539 | 171 | |
| 1951 | — | #555 | 151 | |
| 1950 | — | #553 | 149 | |
| 1949 | — | #664 | 107 | |
| 1948 | — | #700 | 91 | |
| 1947 | — | #831 | 70 | |
| 1946 | — | #952 | 49 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,309 | 10 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,867 | 15 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,519 | 20 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,795 | 15 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,627 | 18 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,029 | 13 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,266 | 11 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,003 | 14 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,889 | 16 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,731 | 19 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,298 | 13 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,605 | 22 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,829 | 19 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,695 | 20 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,771 | 17 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,205 | 18 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,162 | 6 | |
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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.
Where Zachary is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#13 · 1 in 55
- Iowa#14 · 1 in 60
- Maine#14 · 1 in 63
- Indiana#15 · 1 in 62
- Colorado#16 · 1 in 70
Best ever in a state: #2 in North Dakota, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #13 | 188 | 1 in 55 |
| Iowa | #14 | 297 | 1 in 60 |
| Maine | #14 | 116 | 1 in 63 |
| Indiana | #15 | 629 | 1 in 62 |
| Colorado | #16 | 347 | 1 in 70 |
| Idaho | #16 | 88 | 1 in 72 |
| Utah | #16 | 218 | 1 in 75 |
| Montana | #17 | 69 | 1 in 67 |
| North Dakota | #17 | 70 | 1 in 66 |
| Arkansas | #18 | 187 | 1 in 79 |
| Nebraska | #18 | 147 | 1 in 74 |
| Wyoming | #18 | 36 | 1 in 71 |
| Kansas | #19 | 222 | 1 in 75 |
| Missouri | #19 | 455 | 1 in 80 |
| South Dakota | #19 | 68 | 1 in 69 |
| Oklahoma | #20 | 246 | 1 in 84 |
| Ohio | #21 | 1,007 | 1 in 76 |
| Minnesota | #22 | 404 | 1 in 76 |
| New Hampshire | #23 | 109 | 1 in 71 |
| Pennsylvania | #23 | 934 | 1 in 85 |
| Washington | #23 | 347 | 1 in 94 |
| Wisconsin | #23 | 372 | 1 in 87 |
| Alabama | #24 | 230 | 1 in 112 |
| Alaska | #24 | 48 | 1 in 90 |
| Arizona | #24 | 275 | 1 in 107 |
| Hawaii | #26 | 61 | 1 in 111 |
| Georgia | #27 | 409 | 1 in 114 |
| Virginia | #27 | 383 | 1 in 105 |
| Delaware | #28 | 50 | 1 in 88 |
| Illinois | #28 | 776 | 1 in 108 |
| Kentucky | #28 | 259 | 1 in 91 |
| Maryland | #28 | 285 | 1 in 108 |
| Nevada | #28 | 75 | 1 in 96 |
| Oregon | #28 | 185 | 1 in 99 |
| Tennessee | #28 | 304 | 1 in 111 |
| Vermont | #28 | 39 | 1 in 85 |
| North Carolina | #30 | 363 | 1 in 120 |
| Michigan | #31 | 643 | 1 in 101 |
| Mississippi | #32 | 119 | 1 in 138 |
| Texas | #32 | 977 | 1 in 148 |
| Louisiana | #34 | 218 | 1 in 145 |
| Rhode Island | #34 | 58 | 1 in 109 |
| South Carolina | #34 | 154 | 1 in 146 |
| Florida | #35 | 522 | 1 in 162 |
| Massachusetts | #37 | 329 | 1 in 126 |
| New York | #38 | 759 | 1 in 171 |
| Connecticut | #40 | 151 | 1 in 144 |
| New Jersey | #40 | 294 | 1 in 175 |
| District of Columbia | #41 | 52 | 1 in 160 |
| California | #45 | 1,237 | 1 in 204 |
| New Mexico | #52 | 59 | 1 in 194 |
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 Zachary
- 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)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1994 at #12 (25,139 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 41 yrs · run 1976–2016
- Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1946–2025
- 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
- 40.8% of all boys named Zachary (225,290) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,162 (1900) | #1,162 |
| 1910s | 109 | #1,205 (1913) | #1,951 |
| 1920s | 168 | #1,605 (1926) | #2,009 |
| 1930s | 142 | #1,627 (1937) | #1,956 |
| 1940s | 404 | #664 (1949) | #1,486 |
| 1950s | 2,169 | #443 (1955) | #506 |
| 1960s | 3,476 | #382 (1969) | #421 |
| 1970s | 19,060 | #74 (1979) | #173 |
| 1980s | 101,818 | #25 (1989) | #45 |
| 1990s | 225,290 | #12 (1994) | #16 |
| 2000s | 134,756 | #15 (2000) | #30 |
| 2010s | 51,146 | #61 (2010) | #86 |
| 2020s | 13,208 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 16,961 of them was named Zachary, which outranked 90.2% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,345Tawana106
- #1,345Therese106
- #1,345Tierney106
- #1,354Zachary105
- #1,354Annalisa105
- #1,354Brielle105
- #1,354Daniell105
- #1,368Genna104
- #1,368Kaylan104
- #1,368Marianna104
Tied with 13 names at #1,354; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 121 of them was named Zachary, which outranked 99.7% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.