Zechariah

#856 in 2025Boys' name

The Lord has remembered

Zechariah has been given to 11,369 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #856 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 394 recorded.

Babies named Zechariah, 2025

1 in 11,600

Zechariah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Zechariah: meaning, origin, and history

The Lord has remembered

Hebrew

What Zechariah means

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

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”).

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

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Zechariah is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Zechariah comes through Hebrew זְכַרְיָה.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Zechariah is pronounced /ˌzɛkəˈɹaɪ.ə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 11,351 boys were recorded with the name Zechariah between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 394 in 2015; its best national rank was #636 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #927 in 2020 to #856 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #657 in 2015 to #856 in 2025.

In the United States, 18 girls were recorded with the name Zechariah between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2009; its best national rank was #13,683 in 2009.

How common is Zechariah?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 11,600; 285 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 5,990; 0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025: #856; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 8,064 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Zechariah 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 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,064 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Zechariah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Zechariahs were born

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

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 30.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 69.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 11,351; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 30.3% of all recorded uses (3,434).

Is Zechariah 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: +44; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +71; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −199; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.72×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 72.3%; Peak was 2015 (394)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 7.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #636; 2001

Spellings of Zechariah

Zechariah is not the most common spelling — Zachariah is, with 60.3% against Zechariah's 21.9%.

Zachariah60.3%31,238
Zechariah21.9%11,351
Zephaniah6.5%3,380
Zacharias4.0%2,074
Zacharia3.4%1,736
Zackariah2.6%1,350
Zacheriah1.3%650

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 Zechariah is used

Across 2016–2025, Zechariah was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 3,571 boys, against 1 in 6,195 across all states with data. It was least common in Oregon (1 in 33,333).

328 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 3,571
2Georgia1 in 3,846
3Tennessee1 in 3,846
4Alabama1 in 4,000
5Florida1 in 4,167
6Mississippi1 in 4,545
7North Carolina1 in 4,545
8Texas1 in 4,762

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.

Geographically, Zechariah is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 33% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Zechariah around the world

Where Zechariah 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
#1,538
in 2025
Ireland
2005–2005
#518
in 2005
Canada
1992–2024
#1,698
in 2024
South Australia
1989–2012
#771
in 2012

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

Notable people named Zechariah

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

Zechariah BaumelMilitary personnel
1960–1982

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.

Zechariah in other languages

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

Sakari Zachary Zakaria Zacarias Zaccaria Zacharia Zacharie Zakarias Zachariah ZachariasZakaríaSakariasSakaríasZacaríasZakariásZakaríasZekeriyaSachariasZachariášZachariasz

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

Zechariah by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #856
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 71
Best rank ever: #636; 2001
Peak year: 2015; 394 that year
First recorded: 1971
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 11,351
Count in 2025: 285

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #17,251
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #13,683; 2009
Peak year: 2009; 8 that year
First recorded: 2005
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 18
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Zechariah

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

Hezekiah Jedidiah Zachariah Zephaniah Nehemiah Jerimiah Jeramiah Jedediah Azariah Zackariah Zecheriah Messiah Jasiah Izaiah Jermiah Micaiah Zacheriah Joziah Obadiah Benaiah Uriah Zebadiah Jessiah Jesiah

Names with a curve like Zechariah

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

Alonso Jairo Misael Ulises Giancarlo Ahmed Mohammed Jabari Seamus Kole Adrien Mohamed

Sibling names for Zechariah

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

Madilynn Braelynn Keyla Kimber Aviana Cordelia Milana Kallie

For a brother

Cason Blaze Raylan Layton Jedidiah Lennon Bronson Casen

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