# Zacchaeus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zacchaeus/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “pure”, “innocent”, “be clean” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zacchæus, Zaccheus |
| US babies named this | 1,969 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,969 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 58, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Late Latin Zacchaeus, from Ancient Greek Ζακχαῖος (Zakkhaîos), from Hebrew זכי (zakkay), literally "pure, innocent", which came from זכה (zacha, “be clean, pure”).

## What it means

Zacchaeus is grouped under pure.

## 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 | 66 | 2,057 |
| 2012 | 60 | 2,208 |
| 2013 | 51 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 46 | 2,658 |
| 2015 | 49 | 2,564 |
| 2016 | 42 | 2,884 |
| 2017 | 47 | 2,670 |
| 2018 | 43 | 2,846 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,393 |
| 2020 | 63 | 2,210 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,176 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,097 |
| 2023 | 69 | 2,128 |
| 2024 | 46 | 2,831 |
| 2025 | 58 | 2,389 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## 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.