Zakai
- Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197
- #563 for boys in 2025, 528 births
- Given to boys 99.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 528 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,052since 1998
Zakai over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Zakai has never cracked the top 500 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #563 | 528 | |
| 2024 | — | #604 | 473 | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #659 | 415 |
| 2022 | — | #705 | 374 | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #785 | 314 |
| 2020 | — | #902 | 249 | |
| 2019 | — | #897 | 244 | |
| 2018 | — | #894 | 242 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,066 | 185 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,279 | 142 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,555 | 104 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,781 | 84 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,613 | 95 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #1,697 | 89 |
| 2011 | — | #2,077 | 64 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,144 | 62 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,183 | 61 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,467 | 51 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,185 | 61 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,037 | 65 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,567 | 43 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,843 | 36 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,976 | 21 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,476 | 17 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1998
The first year at least five boys were named Zakai! It came in at #8,479, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1998–2000, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Zakai is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Delaware#142 · 1 in 421
- Missouri#346 · 1 in 1,545
- Georgia#357 · 1 in 1,522
- New Mexico#360 · 1 in 1,300
- Pennsylvania#387 · 1 in 1,936
Best ever in a state: #142 in Delaware, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | #142 | 7 | 1 in 421 |
| Missouri | #346 | 18 | 1 in 1,545 |
| Georgia | #357 | 33 | 1 in 1,522 |
| New Mexico | #360 | 5 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Pennsylvania | #387 | 27 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Nevada | #389 | 7 | 1 in 1,613 |
| Wisconsin | #393 | 13 | 1 in 1,802 |
| Florida | #403 | 48 | 1 in 1,990 |
| South Carolina | #414 | 12 | 1 in 1,767 |
| Louisiana | #426 | 11 | 1 in 1,739 |
| New Jersey | #429 | 18 | 1 in 2,209 |
| Virginia | #435 | 18 | 1 in 2,070 |
| North Carolina | #447 | 24 | 1 in 2,145 |
| Kansas | #468 | 7 | 1 in 2,007 |
| Mississippi | #471 | 6 | 1 in 1,806 |
| Maryland | #475 | 10 | 1 in 2,290 |
| Illinois | #500 | 20 | 1 in 2,478 |
| Colorado | #501 | 11 | 1 in 2,441 |
| Ohio | #513 | 20 | 1 in 2,627 |
| Michigan | #517 | 16 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Tennessee | #551 | 13 | 1 in 2,828 |
| Alabama | #573 | 8 | 1 in 2,690 |
| Washington | #576 | 12 | 1 in 2,733 |
| New York | #583 | 26 | 1 in 3,247 |
| Arizona | #594 | 11 | 1 in 2,975 |
| Texas | #638 | 47 | 1 in 3,724 |
| Indiana | #711 | 8 | 1 in 3,958 |
| California | #787 | 32 | 1 in 5,484 |
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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 Zakai
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 339 spots since 2020 (#902 → #563)
- Biggest jump: 172 spots in 2018
- Biggest drop: 5 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1998
- Peaked 2025 at #563 (528 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,235
- Highest: 1 in 3,235 boys born in 2025 were named Zakai (0.03%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 58.1% of all boys named Zakai (2,353) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15 | #6,530 (1999) | #7,505 |
| 2000s | 373 | #2,037 (2006) | #3,663 |
| 2010s | 1,311 | #894 (2018) | #1,500 |
| 2020s | 2,353 | #563 (2025) | #703 |
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.
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