Zack

Where Zack comes from

The dictionaries list Zack 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. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #392 among boys — 19 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1883
    Peak, #309
    28 babies named Zack — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #461.
  4. 1970
    Zack de la Rocha born
    American singer, rapper and activist
  5. 1995
    Zack Steffen born
    American soccer player
In the dictionary
  • Alternative form of Zach, a diminutive of the male given names Zachariah, Zacharias, and Zachary.
Namesakes
  • Zack de la Rocha · American singer, rapper and activist, born 1970
  • Zack Steffen · American soccer player, born 1995
  • Zack Polanski · British politician, born 1982
  • Zack Ward · Canadian-American actor, born 1970
  • Zack Greinke · American baseball player, born 1983

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.