Zackary
Zackary is a given name. It is alternate spelling of Zachary. Notable people with the name include:Zackary Arthur, American child actor Zackary Bowman, American football cornerback Zackary Drucker, American transgender multimedia artist Zackary Leon Furst, Australian chef Zackary Medeiros, Canadian football kicker and punter Zackary Momoh, British actor Zackary Steffen, American soccer…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Zackary
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zackary is a given name. It is alternate spelling of Zachary. Notable people with the name include:Zackary Arthur, American child actor Zackary Bowman, American football cornerback Zackary Drucker, American transgender multimedia artist Zackary Leon Furst, Australian chef Zackary Medeiros, Canadian football kicker and punter Zackary Momoh, British actor Zackary Steffen, American soccer…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Zackary
American parents first put Zackary on the record books as a baby boy name in 1921, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 1,386 Zackarys were born — ranking #244 that year. About 36% of every Zackary on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Zackary ranks #1,513 for baby boys with 119 births, falling sharply (-34%). All told, over 32K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Zackary
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About the name Zackary
Zackary is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1921 and has accumulated 32K births in the dataset. Zackary's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #232. Use the chart and map above to compare Zackary'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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