Zakarias

#11,969 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Sakarias

Zakarias has been given to 47 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #11,969 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Zakarias, 2025

1 in 553,000

Zakarias over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zakarias: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Sakarias

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Zakarias means

Zakarias is a variant of Sakarias.

Origin, language, and formation

Zakarias is used in Danish and Swedish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Sakarias.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 47 boys were recorded with the name Zakarias between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2015; its best national rank was #10,612 in 2015.

Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,612 in 2015 to #11,969 in 2025.

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 Zakarias?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #11,969; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zakarias 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zakarias. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zakariass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zakarias was born before 2015 — so the typical Zakarias is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 66.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 89.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 47; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 66.0% of all recorded uses (31).

Is Zakarias 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,357; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.86×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 85.7%; Peak was 2015 (7)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 10.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,612; 2015

Spellings of Zakarias

Zakarias is not the most common spelling — Zakaria is, with 21.5% against Zakarias's 0.35%.

Zakaria21.5%2,883
Zakariya18.8%2,511
Zakari18.5%2,472
Zacharias15.5%2,074
Zackariah10.1%1,350
Zacarias8.5%1,132
Zakariah6.8%914
Zakarias0.35%47

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.

Zakarias around the world

Where Zakarias 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
2000–2005
#3,208
in 2005
South Australia
2000–2007
#680
in 2007

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

Zakarias by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #11,969
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #10,612; 2015
Peak year: 2015; 7 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 47
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Zakarias

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

Zakhias Zakias Zakarii Zakaius Zakayden Zakyius Zakarya Zakarri Artorias Zakaryah Zakius Zakani Zakariye Zakeem Zakaii Zakhar Zakariyah Ezekias Messias Zakyrie Ahsaias Zakhary Zakiel Zakariyya

Sibling names for Zakarias

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

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Sydni Shyann Sydnie Rhianna Alysa Adelle

For a brother

Aaden Kale Caesar Brennen Hamilton Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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