Zackary
Zackary is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 130 births. Its best rank was 232nd, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1300.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 20011,386 births
- Best rank
- #232in 1994
- Since 1921
- 31,469people given the name
The story in the numbers
31,469 boys have been named Zackary in the United States since 1921, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 1,386 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 1990s alone account for 36%. It has spent 43 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Zackary | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 7 | |
| 1950s | 124 | |
| 1960s | 184 | |
| 1970s | 579 | |
| 1980s | 3,374 | |
| 1990s | 11,375 | |
| 2000s | 11,004 | |
| 2010s | 4,002 | |
| 2020s | 815 |
In 2001, its biggest year
Zackary was the 244th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Zackary
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Justynpeak 1998
- Mykalpeak 2001
- Zakarypeak 2002
- Devinpeak 1998
- Dashawnpeak 1994
- Tyquanpeak 1997
- Travonpeak 1995
- Skylorpeak 1998
Other spellings in the data
- Zachary551,618 ever
- Zakary5,595 ever
- Zakari2,512 ever
- Zakkary1,200 ever
- Zacharie1,145 ever
- Zacary1,137 ever
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.