# Zachariah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zachariah/  
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 | “yahweh has remembered” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zach, Zakariah |
| US babies named this | 31,275 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31,238 / 37 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,357, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā, “Yahweh has remembered”) under influence from Latin Zacharias and Koine Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías). Doublet of Zach, Zachary, Zacharias, Zechariah, Zakariya, and Jakariya.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 7 | 9,012 |
| 1984 | 5 | 12,173 |
| 1986 | 5 | 12,823 |
| 1998 | 5 | 16,559 |
| 2000 | 5 | 17,613 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,781 |
| 2010 | 5 | 19,775 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 582 | 459 |
| 2012 | 643 | 431 |
| 2013 | 755 | 399 |
| 2014 | 669 | 445 |
| 2015 | 747 | 417 |
| 2016 | 710 | 436 |
| 2017 | 705 | 441 |
| 2018 | 607 | 484 |
| 2019 | 620 | 474 |
| 2020 | 552 | 522 |
| 2021 | 541 | 543 |
| 2022 | 565 | 528 |
| 2023 | 490 | 585 |
| 2024 | 517 | 568 |
| 2025 | 558 | 538 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 130 | 333 |
| 2012 | 133 | 332 |
| 2013 | 130 | 323 |
| 2014 | 133 | 338 |
| 2015 | 116 | 377 |
| 2016 | 133 | 350 |
| 2017 | 115 | 388 |
| 2018 | 130 | 351 |
| 2019 | 116 | 374 |
| 2020 | 105 | 395 |
| 2021 | 122 | 370 |
| 2022 | 113 | 375 |
| 2023 | 148 | 299 |
| 2024 | 116 | 371 |
| 2025 | 123 | 346 |

## People named Zachariah

- Zachariah Chandler, American politician (1813–1879)
- Asmongold, American online streamer (born 1990)
- Zach Helm, American film director
- Z. K. Matthews, Bamangwato academic in South Africa (1901-1968)

## 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.