Zakari
Zakari is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 197 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1970.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023213 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1986
- 2,512people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,264 boys have been named Zakari in the United States since 1986, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 213 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2020s alone account for 40%.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 248 girls have also been given it, 9.9% of the total.
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Zakari was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Zakari
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Virajpeak 2024
- Riverpeak 2021
- Ashpeak 2023
- Beauxpeak 2024
- Zabdielpeak 2022
- Yunuspeak 2023
- Calumpeak 2022
- Kabirpeak 2021
Other spellings in the data
- Zachary551,618 ever
- Zackary31,469 ever
- Zakary5,595 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.