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Zacchaeus

#2,389 in 2025Boys' name

Be clean, pure

Zacchaeus has been given to 1,969 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #2,389 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 71 recorded.

Babies named Zacchaeus, 2025

1 in 57,200

Zacchaeus over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zacchaeus: meaning, origin, and history

Be clean, pure

Hebrew

What Zacchaeus means

Zacchaeus means “be clean, pure”, associated with zacha.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Late Latin Zacchaeus, from Ancient Greek Ζακχαῖος (Zakkhaîos), from Hebrew זכי (zakkay), literally "pure, innocent", which came from זכה (zacha, “be clean, pure”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Zacchaeus (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Zacchaeus is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Zacchaeus comes through Ancient Greek Ζακχαῖος and Hebrew זכי.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,969 boys were recorded with the name Zacchaeus between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 71 in 2003; its best national rank was #1,693 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,210 in 2020 to #2,389 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,563 in 2015 to #2,389 in 2025.

How common is Zacchaeus?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 57,200
58 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 29,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,389
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
39,620 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zacchaeus sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 39,620 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zacchaeus. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zacchaeuss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zacchaeus was born before 2007 — so the typical Zacchaeus is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
31.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
70.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,969
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 31.1% of all recorded uses (612).

Is Zacchaeus rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+442
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−179
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+174
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.18×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
81.7%
Peak was 2003 (71)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,693
2000

Where Zacchaeus is used

Across 1910–2025, Zacchaeus was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 114,223 across all states with data. It was least common in Louisiana (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 50,000
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 50,000
  3. 3Alabama1 in 100,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 100,000
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 100,000
  6. 6South Carolina1 in 100,000
  7. 7Tennessee1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Zacchaeus has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Zacchaeus around the world

Where Zacchaeus ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2011–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1993–2008
    #726
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Zacchaeus by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,389
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 179
Best rank ever
#1,693
2000
Peak year
2003
71 that year
First recorded
1974
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,969
Count in 2025
58

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