Zakaria
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #10,271
- #1,520 for boys in 2025, 114 births
- Given to boys 86.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 145 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,883since 1980
Zakaria over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #1,520 | 114 | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #1,387 | 135 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #1,530 | 115 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #1,815 | 89 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #1,740 | 93 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #1,592 | 102 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #1,548 | 108 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #1,513 | 113 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #1,256 | 145 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #1,548 | 107 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | #1,353 | 129 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #1,559 | 102 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | #1,361 | 124 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #1,626 | 95 |
| 2011 | #2,868 | 60 | #1,429 | 115 |
| 2010 | #5,414 | 25 | #1,372 | 123 |
| 2009 | #4,931 | 29 | #1,539 | 107 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 | #1,692 | 90 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | #2,016 | 69 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | #1,698 | 83 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #1,546 | 91 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #1,748 | 72 |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | #1,815 | 65 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #1,557 | 79 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 | #1,960 | 55 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | #2,136 | 47 |
| 1999 | — | #1,966 | 49 | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #2,126 | 43 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | — | #3,303 | 20 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,325 | 18 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,467 | 17 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
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| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1980
The first year at least five boys were named Zakaria! It came in at #5,525, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1984, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Zakaria is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Minnesota#328 · 1 in 1,361
- Ohio#801 · 1 in 5,253
- New York#885 · 1 in 5,628
- Michigan#999 · 1 in 6,699
- Pennsylvania#1,004 · 1 in 7,466
Best ever in a state: #328 in Minnesota, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Minnesota | #328 | 18 | 1 in 1,361 |
| Ohio | #801 | 10 | 1 in 5,253 |
| New York | #885 | 15 | 1 in 5,628 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,004 | 7 | 1 in 7,466 |
| Illinois | #1,280 | 5 | 1 in 9,910 |
| California | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,934 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 133 spots since 2024 (#1,387 → #1,520)
- 72 spots since 2020 (#1,592 → #1,520)
- 167 spots since 2015 (#1,353 → #1,520)
Rise & fade · boys
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 2017 at #1,256 (145 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 12,762
- Highest: 1 in 12,762 boys born in 2024 were named Zakaria (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,983 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,256 in 2017, was only 1 in 12,765 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 40.3% of all boys named Zakaria (1,161) 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 | 43 | #4,811 (1989) | #5,421 |
| 1990s | 273 | #1,966 (1999) | #2,963 |
| 2000s | 758 | #1,539 (2009) | #1,771 |
| 2010s | 1,161 | #1,256 (2017) | #1,457 |
| 2020s | 648 | #1,387 (2024) | #1,597 |
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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