Zakari
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- #1,060 for boys in 2025, 206 births
- Given to boys 90.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 213 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,472since 1986
Zakari over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #10,107 | 9 | #1,060 | 206 |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | #1,092 | 198 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | #1,024 | 213 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | #1,138 | 184 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #1,291 | 147 |
| 2020 | #6,629 | 17 | #1,134 | 172 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #1,107 | 178 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 | #1,160 | 165 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #1,541 | 106 |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | #1,663 | 95 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #2,212 | 61 |
| 2014 | #8,485 | 13 | #2,622 | 46 |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | #2,998 | 37 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #3,002 | 38 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | #2,203 | 59 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | #2,375 | 53 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 | #3,162 | 36 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #2,583 | 48 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | #2,868 | 41 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #4,105 | 23 |
| 2005 | — | #3,615 | 26 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,074 | 32 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,259 | 27 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #2,931 | 31 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #3,536 | 23 |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,708 | 19 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,293 | 21 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,508 | 13 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,326 | 20 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,368 | 19 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,909 | 23 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #5,926 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1986
The first year at least five boys were named Zakari! It came in at #5,926, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1991, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Zakari 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
- Maryland#437 · 1 in 2,082
- Mississippi#522 · 1 in 2,167
- Oklahoma#621 · 1 in 2,947
- Virginia#627 · 1 in 3,387
- North Carolina#645 · 1 in 3,676
Best ever in a state: #405 in Maryland, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,082 |
| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Virginia | #627 | 11 | 1 in 3,387 |
| North Carolina | #645 | 14 | 1 in 3,676 |
| South Carolina | #668 | 6 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Tennessee | #672 | 10 | 1 in 3,677 |
| New Jersey | #707 | 9 | 1 in 4,418 |
| Alabama | #765 | 5 | 1 in 4,304 |
| Michigan | #829 | 8 | 1 in 5,024 |
| Pennsylvania | #846 | 9 | 1 in 5,807 |
| Colorado | #849 | 5 | 1 in 5,370 |
| Florida | #912 | 15 | 1 in 6,369 |
| Georgia | #990 | 8 | 1 in 6,278 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 6 | 1 in 8,756 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| Texas | #1,135 | 19 | 1 in 9,213 |
| New York | #1,297 | 8 | 1 in 10,553 |
| California | #2,471 | 5 | 1 in 35,095 |
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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 Zakari
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 74 spots since 2020 (#1,134 → #1,060)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1986
- Peaked 2023 at #1,024 (213 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,031
- Highest: 1 in 8,031 boys born in 2023 were named Zakari (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,292 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 45.3% of all boys named Zakari (1,120) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 37 | #3,618 (1989) | #4,928 |
| 1990s | 168 | #2,909 (1992) | #4,292 |
| 2000s | 309 | #2,583 (2008) | #3,297 |
| 2010s | 838 | #1,107 (2019) | #2,088 |
| 2020s | 1,120 | #1,024 (2023) | #1,123 |
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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