# Zac (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zac/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,600 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,600 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,359, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 77 | 1,848 |
| 2012 | 74 | 1,941 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,137 |
| 2014 | 84 | 1,792 |
| 2015 | 64 | 2,167 |
| 2016 | 74 | 1,972 |
| 2017 | 67 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 56 | 2,383 |
| 2019 | 50 | 2,625 |
| 2020 | 50 | 2,583 |
| 2021 | 54 | 2,496 |
| 2022 | 47 | 2,792 |
| 2023 | 48 | 2,736 |
| 2024 | 35 | 3,391 |
| 2025 | 37 | 3,237 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 506 | 123 |
| 2012 | 451 | 136 |
| 2013 | 410 | 144 |
| 2014 | 379 | 145 |
| 2015 | 330 | 177 |
| 2016 | 355 | 165 |
| 2017 | 241 | 221 |
| 2018 | 264 | 205 |
| 2019 | 219 | 230 |
| 2020 | 198 | 241 |
| 2021 | 198 | 244 |
| 2022 | 148 | 303 |
| 2023 | 113 | 364 |
| 2024 | 91 | 442 |
| 2025 | 87 | 444 |

## People named Zac

- Zac Goldsmith, British politician and journalist (born 1975)
- Zac Stubblety-Cook, Australian swimmer
- Zac Incerti, Australian swimmer
- Zac Posen, American fashion designer (born 1980)
- Zac MacMath, American soccer player
- Zac McGraw, Canadian soccer player
- Zac Rinaldo, Canadian ice hockey player
- Zac Baird, American keyboardist
- Zac Taylor, American football coach (born 1983)
- Zac Jones, American ice hockey player
- Zac Thompson, British footballer (born 1993)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.