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Zakaria

#1,528 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

The Lord has remembered

Zakaria has been given to 3,349 babies in the U.S. since 1980. In 2025 it ranked #1,528 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 145 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 86% boys, 14% girls all-time.

Babies named Zakaria, 2025

1 in 29,100

Zakaria over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Zakaria over time

In 2025, Zakaria went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Zakaria: meaning, origin, and history

The Lord has remembered

Hebrew and Arabic

What Zakaria means

Zakaria means “the Lord has remembered”, associated with zəḵaryā.

Origin, language, and formation

Zakaria is used in Swahili. Its origins include Hebrew and Arabic.

Zakaria comes through Hebrew זְכַרְיָה.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Zachariah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,883 boys were recorded with the name Zakaria between 1980 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 145 in 2017; its best national rank was #1,263 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,599 in 2020 to #1,528 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,358 in 2015 to #1,528 in 2025.

In the United States, 466 girls were recorded with the name Zakaria between 1993 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 60 in 2011; its best national rank was #2,906 in 2011.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Zakaria?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 29,100
114 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 15,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,528
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
20,158 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zakaria 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 5002%

Put another way: gather 20,158 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zakaria. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zakarias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zakaria was born before 2013 — so the typical Zakaria is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
40.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
87.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,883
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 40.3% of all recorded uses (1,161).

Is Zakaria 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
−132
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+71
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−170
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.88×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
78.6%
Peak was 2017 (145)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,263
2017

Spellings of Zakaria

Zakaria is not the most common spelling — Zakary is, with 14.2% against Zakaria's 7.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Zakaria is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Zakaria was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 2,222 boys, against 1 in 14,476 across all states with data. It was least common in Georgia (1 in 100,000).

145 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 2,222
  2. 2Michigan1 in 5,556
  3. 3New York1 in 8,333
  4. 4Ohio1 in 10,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 11,111
  6. 6Virginia1 in 12,500
  7. 7California1 in 16,667
  8. 8Massachusetts1 in 16,667

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.

Where Zakaria is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Zakaria was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 607,273 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in —
  2. 2Georgia1 in —
  3. 3Louisiana1 in —
  4. 4North Carolina1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Zakaria has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Zakaria around the world

Where Zakaria 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
    #522
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2006–2023
    #533
    in 2023
  • Northern Ireland
    2016–2016
    #421
    in 2016
  • Ireland
    2002–2025
    #676
    in 2025
  • France
    1967–2025
    #133
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2025
    #370
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #407
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1993–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Zakaria

People whose public names include Zakaria, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Zakaria in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Zakaria. Linked forms have their own page here.

SakariZacharyZacariasZaccariaZachariaZacharieZakariasZachariahZachariasZakariyyaZechariahSakariasSakaríasZacaríasZakariásZakaríasZekeriyaSachariasZachariášZachariasz

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Zakaria by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,528
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 71
Best rank ever
#1,263
2017
Peak year
2017
145 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,883
Count in 2025
114

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,906
2011
Peak year
2011
60 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
466
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Zakaria

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Zakaria

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Zakaria, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Zakaria

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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