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Zecharia

#7,664 in 2025Boys' name

The Lord has remembered, through Zechariah

Zecharia has been given to 105 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #7,664 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Zecharia, 2025

1 in 301,000

Zecharia over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zecharia: meaning, origin, and history

The Lord has remembered, through Zechariah

Hebrew

What Zecharia means

Zecharia belongs to the name family reached through Zecharia → Zechariah. Its meaning is “the Lord has remembered”.

Origin, language, and formation

Zecharia is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Zechariah.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 105 boys were recorded with the name Zecharia between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2023; its best national rank was #6,884 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,000 in 2020 to #7,664 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,029 in 2015 to #7,664 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.

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How common is Zecharia?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 155,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,664
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Zecharia 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 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zecharia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zecharias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Zecharia was born before 2018 — so the typical Zecharia is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
45.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
105
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 45.7% of all recorded uses (48).

Is Zecharia 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
+6,593
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,336
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+6,365
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.20×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
84.6%
Peak was 2023 (13)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
44.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,884
2023

Spellings of Zecharia

Zecharia is not the most common spelling — Zachariah is, with 64.3% against Zecharia's 0.22%.

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.

Zecharia by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,664
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,336
Best rank ever
#6,884
2023
Peak year
2023
13 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
105
Count in 2025
11

Names similar to Zecharia

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

ZackariaDemetriaValeriaZecharyZecheriahAzariaZacheriaDamariaDemariaJosemariaZachariaJamariaZecharyaZecharyahZechariasAndriaZacariaAlexandriaZaccariaDemauriaVictoriaZechariCorderiaZakaria

Sibling names for Zecharia

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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