Zacheus
Zacchaeus was a man, recorded in the Gospel of Luke, a chief tax-collector at Jericho. His story includes his faith in climbing a sycamore tree to see Jesus and also his generosity in giving away half of all he possessed.
Meaning & Origin of Zacheus
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zacchaeus was a man, recorded in the Gospel of Luke, a chief tax-collector at Jericho. His story includes his faith in climbing a sycamore tree to see Jesus and also his generosity in giving away half of all he possessed.
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The Story of Zacheus
Zacheus first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1992, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 8 births, good for #6,129 nationwide. About 58% of every Zacheus on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Zacheus last appeared in the published SSA data in 2013, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 33 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Zacheus
Zacheus is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1992 and has accumulated 33 births in the dataset. Zacheus's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #6,129. Use the chart and map above to compare Zacheus's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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