Zachery

Last seen for girls in 1991 at #13,147 · #2,991 for boys in 2025, 41 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1993 · 1,903 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
29,836
since 1948

Zachery over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zachery has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #167, 1993boys
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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—#2,99141
2024—#2,50254
2023—#2,61450
2022—#2,67549
2021—#2,46454
2020—#2,61748
2019—#2,02072
2018—#1,95975
2017—#1,80983
2016—#1,77486
2015—#1,62598
2014—#1,355126
2013—#1,110165
2012—#993200
2011—#813270
2010—#759296
2009—#634395
2008—#624395
2007—#553464
2006—#492525
2005—#426626
2004—#421618
2003—#386681
2002—#323856
2001—#309895
2000—#2771,150
1999—#2581,219
1998—#2411,291
1997—#2331,321
1996—#2191,374
1995—#1981,533
1994—#1801,729
1993—#1671,903
1992—#1841,747
1991#13,1475#2361,248
1990—#2341,229
1989#12,3625#2531,024
1988#7,6919#270871
1987#7,3539#311687
1986—#318641
1985#10,6775#316646
1984—#393433
1983—#448344
1982—#498290
1981—#574221
1980—#581218
1979—#604202
1978—#677152
1977—#717141
1976#9,2845#797109
1975—#89485
1974—#89881
1973—#97169
1972—#1,05059
1971—#1,16549
1970—#1,29741
1969—#1,41432
1968—#1,25836
1967—#1,19839
1966—#1,37331
1965—#1,38631
1964—#1,35034
1963—#1,58525
1962—#1,51527
1961—#1,15646
1960—#1,52328
1959—#1,43930
1958—#1,72421
1957—#1,58325
1956—#1,56825
1955—#1,57224
1954—#2,31612
1953—#2,53110
1952—#3,3736
1951—#2,6629
1950—#3,6815
1949—#3,2986
1948—#3,6685
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five boys were named Zachery! It came in at #3,668, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1948–1950, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Zachery is popular in 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedNHWashington: #475 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,927 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #299 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,447 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedWIMichigan: #632 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 11,172 boysMINew York: #887 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 15,860 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedSDIowa: #305 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,433 boysIAIndiana: #274 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,933 boysINOhio: #570 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,485 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #767 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 12,838 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedUTColorado: #355 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,628 boysCONebraska: #209 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,993 boysNEMissouri: #326 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,673 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedARTennessee: #399 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,694 boysTNNorth Carolina: #496 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,260 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #390 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,269 boysOKLouisiana: #526 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,985 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedMSAlabama: #429 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,499 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedHITexas: #671 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 8,808 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Zachery, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nebraska#209 · 1 in 1,993
  2. Indiana#274 · 1 in 2,933
  3. Minnesota#299 · 1 in 4,447
  4. Iowa#305 · 1 in 4,433
  5. Missouri#326 · 1 in 3,673

Best ever in a state: #82 in West Virginia, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nebraska#20961 in 1,993
Indiana#274141 in 2,933
Minnesota#29971 in 4,447
Iowa#30551 in 4,433
Missouri#326101 in 3,673
Colorado#35561 in 3,628
Oklahoma#39051 in 4,269
Tennessee#39971 in 4,694
Alabama#42961 in 4,499
Washington#47551 in 5,927
North Carolina#49661 in 6,260
Louisiana#52671 in 4,985
Ohio#57071 in 11,485
Michigan#63261 in 11,172
Texas#671141 in 8,808
California#767141 in 12,838
New York#88771 in 15,860
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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 Zachery
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 489 spots since 2024 (#2,502 → #2,991)
  • 374 spots since 2020 (#2,617 → #2,991)
  • 1,366 spots since 2015 (#1,625 → #2,991)
  • Biggest jump: 97 spots in 1976 (#894 → #797)
  • Biggest drop: 180 spots in 2012 (#813 → #993)
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1993 at #167 (1,903 births)
  • Births halved by 2001, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 40 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1973–2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,031
  • Highest: 1 in 1,031 boys born in 1993 were named Zachery (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 41,660 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 48.9% of all boys named Zachery (14,594) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s11#3,298 (1949)#3,483
1950s167#1,439 (1959)#2,245
1960s329#1,156 (1961)#1,376
1970s988#604 (1979)#907
1980s5,375#253 (1989)#396
1990s14,594#167 (1993)#215
2000s6,605#277 (2000)#445
2010s1,471#759 (2010)#1,422
2020s296#2,464 (2021)#2,644

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.

Zachery in 1979

boys
#604
202 births · 1 in 8,522 boys

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #604Zachery202
More about 1979

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 8,522 of them was named Zachery, which outranked 91.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zachery
  1. #601Brendon203
  2. #601Emilio203
  3. #601Jamaal203
  4. #604Zachery202
  5. #604Bradly202
  6. #604Brant202
  7. #607Edmond200
  8. #607Rico200
  9. #609Carey198

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

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,228Tyrel#2,134 → #906
  2. ↑ 471Jace#1,186 → #715
  3. ↑ 387Chaz#1,371 → #984
  4. ↑ 311Tyrell#1,051 → #740
  5. ↑ 308Frederic#1,203 → #895
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,230Dequan#927 → #2,157
  2. ↓ 641Rahsaan#869 → #1,510
  3. ↓ 446Chip#989 → #1,435
  4. ↓ 308Rashaun#996 → #1,304
  5. ↓ 307Kenya#749 → #1,056

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

See the top 100 for 1979 →