Zackary

Last seen for girls in 1992 at #10,479 · #1,509 for boys in 2025, 116 births
Given to boys >99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 1,274 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
31,593
since 1921

Zackary over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Zackary has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #232, 1994boys
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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—#1,509116
2024—#1,413131
2023—#1,309146
2022—#1,237159
2021—#1,046205
2020—#1,111177
2019—#1,066191
2018—#995208
2017—#864252
2016—#770314
2015—#752321
2014—#615435
2013—#565467
2012—#507523
2011—#451600
2010—#406696
2009—#365834
2008—#359870
2007—#338950
2006—#321998
2005—#3101,066
2004—#2881,105
2003—#2681,169
2002—#2541,275
2001—#2441,386
2000—#2491,351
1999—#2381,359
1998—#2341,345
1997—#2471,203
1996—#2401,239
1995—#2431,192
1994—#2321,274
1993—#2391,213
1992#10,4797#2781,030
1991—#325777
1990—#333743
1989—#339680
1988—#354587
1987—#405460
1986—#459364
1985—#471340
1984—#527264
1983—#558227
1982—#663173
1981—#714146
1980—#761133
1979—#789120
1978—#93885
1977—#91386
1976—#94677
1975—#1,19150
1974—#1,29043
1973—#1,35438
1972—#1,47333
1971—#1,59730
1970—#2,21317
1969—#1,76722
1968—#1,96217
1967—#2,47011
1966—#1,81418
1965—#1,98716
1964—#1,85019
1963—#1,65923
1962—#1,89618
1961—#1,82320
1960—#1,81220
1959—#2,11115
1958—#2,8189
1957—#1,79120
1956—#2,16814
1955—#1,97916
1954—#2,31612
1953—#1,90017
1952—#2,51410
1951—#3,3646
1950—#3,6815
1949—#3,0197
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First appearance
1921

The first year at least five boys were named Zackary! It came in at #4,322, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1921–1948, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Zackary is popular in 1986

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #148 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,395 boysNHWashington: #360 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,913 boysWAIdaho: #179 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,134 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMNIllinois: #568 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 7,256 boysILWisconsin: #380 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,533 boysWIMichigan: #403 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 5,318 boysMINew York: #822 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 13,577 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedRIOregon: #300 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,996 boysORNevada: #187 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,277 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedIAIndiana: #295 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,359 boysINOhio: #349 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 4,718 boysOHPennsylvania: #327 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 4,290 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #566 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 7,364 boysCAUtah: #212 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,652 boysUTColorado: #337 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,596 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedNEMissouri: #278 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,767 boysMOKentucky: #316 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,987 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedWVVirginia: #403 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,727 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedDEArizona: #412 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,888 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedNMKansas: #198 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,569 boysKSArkansas: #233 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,640 boysARTennessee: #281 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,610 boysTNNorth Carolina: #343 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,145 boysNCSouth Carolina: #324 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,635 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #197 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,405 boysOKLouisiana: #564 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 5,675 boysLAMississippi: #282 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,896 boysMSAlabama: #410 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,213 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zackary, so not publishedHITexas: #489 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 4,878 boysTXFlorida: #669 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 9,552 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#148 · 1 in 1,395
  2. Idaho#179 · 1 in 1,134
  3. Nevada#187 · 1 in 1,277
  4. Oklahoma#197 · 1 in 1,405
  5. Kansas#198 · 1 in 1,569

Best ever in a state: #89 in West Virginia, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#14851 in 1,395
Idaho#17961 in 1,134
Nevada#18751 in 1,277
Oklahoma#197161 in 1,405
Kansas#198111 in 1,569
Utah#212101 in 1,652
Arkansas#23391 in 1,640
Missouri#278131 in 2,767
Tennessee#281121 in 2,610
Mississippi#28291 in 1,896
Indiana#295111 in 3,359
Oregon#30061 in 2,996
Kentucky#31661 in 3,987
South Carolina#32481 in 2,635
Pennsylvania#327181 in 4,290
Colorado#33771 in 3,596
North Carolina#343131 in 3,145
Ohio#349161 in 4,718
Washington#36081 in 3,913
Wisconsin#38061 in 5,533
Michigan#403121 in 5,318
Virginia#40381 in 4,727
Alabama#41061 in 4,213
Arizona#41271 in 3,888
Texas#489301 in 4,878
Louisiana#56461 in 5,675
California#566311 in 7,364
Illinois#568111 in 7,256
Florida#66981 in 9,552
New York#82291 in 13,577
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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 Zackary
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 96 spots since 2024 (#1,413 → #1,509)
  • 398 spots since 2020 (#1,111 → #1,509)
  • 757 spots since 2015 (#752 → #1,509)
  • Biggest jump: 245 spots in 1976 (#1,191 → #946)
  • Biggest drop: 137 spots in 2015 (#615 → #752)
Rise & fade · boys
73 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1921
  • Peaked 1994 at #232 (1,274 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1976–2018
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,402
  • Highest: 1 in 1,402 boys born in 2001 were named Zackary (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,725 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #232 in 1994, was only 1 in 1,517 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 36.0% of all boys named Zackary (11,375) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s5#4,322 (1921)#4,322
1930s0——
1940s7#3,019 (1949)#3,019
1950s124#1,791 (1957)#2,464
1960s184#1,659 (1963)#1,904
1970s579#789 (1979)#1,270
1980s3,374#339 (1989)#525
1990s11,375#232 (1994)#261
2000s11,004#244 (2001)#300
2010s4,007#406 (2010)#699
2020s934#1,046 (2021)#1,271

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.

Zackary in 1986

boys
#459
364 births · 1 in 5,059 boys

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #459Zackary364
More about 1986

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 5,059 of them was named Zackary, which outranked 94.1% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zackary
  1. #454Weston368
  2. #457Loren366
  3. #458Gilberto365
  4. #459Zackary364
  5. #459Antwan364
  6. #461Brendon360
  7. #462Robin354
  8. #463Donte352

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

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →