# Zach (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zach/  
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 | /zæk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zac, Zack, Zak |
| US babies named this | 2,804 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,804 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,848, 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 | 71 | 1,967 |
| 2012 | 63 | 2,153 |
| 2013 | 74 | 1,914 |
| 2014 | 67 | 2,096 |
| 2015 | 73 | 2,000 |
| 2016 | 40 | 2,991 |
| 2017 | 47 | 2,671 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,166 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,263 |
| 2020 | 56 | 2,391 |
| 2021 | 75 | 1,999 |
| 2022 | 59 | 2,406 |
| 2023 | 63 | 2,276 |
| 2024 | 57 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 54 | 2,515 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 342 | 168 |
| 2012 | 286 | 194 |
| 2013 | 229 | 228 |
| 2014 | 249 | 226 |
| 2015 | 193 | 265 |
| 2016 | 183 | 279 |
| 2017 | 151 | 324 |
| 2018 | 161 | 301 |
| 2019 | 150 | 314 |
| 2020 | 131 | 342 |
| 2021 | 126 | 356 |
| 2022 | 106 | 399 |
| 2023 | 99 | 403 |
| 2024 | 77 | 509 |
| 2025 | 94 | 426 |

## People named Zach

- Zach Braff, American actor and filmmaker (born 1975)
- Zach Roerig, American actor
- Zach LaVine, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Zach Randolph, American basketball player (born 1981)
- Zach Woods, American actor
- Zach Galligan, American actor
- Zach Cregger, American actor and film director (born 1981)
- Zach Gilford, American actor
- Zach Grenier, American actor
- Zach Tyler Eisen, American actor and YouTuber
- Zach McGowan, American actor
- Zach Edey, Canadian basketball player (born 2002)

## 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.