Zakariah
The Story of Zakariah
As a girl name
Zakariah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2006, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 17 births, good for #7,115 nationwide. About 67% of every Zakariah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Zakariah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 93 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Zakariah on the record books as a boy name in 1981, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 39 Zakariahs were born — ranking #2,990 that year. About 33% of every Zakariah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Zakariah ranks #4,070 for boys with 27 births, falling sharply (-22%). All told, over 935 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Zakariah
Zakariah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 935 births in the dataset. Zakariah's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #2,929. Use the chart and map above to compare Zakariah'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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