# Zacharias (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zacharias/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | “yahweh has remembered” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,074 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,074 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 462, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Zacharias, from Koine Greek Ζαχαρίας (Zakharías), the New Testament form of the figure's name in the Old Testament, Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (Zəḵaryā, “Yahweh has remembered”). Doublet of Zach, Zachary, Zachariah, 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 2,344 |
| 2012 | 56 | 2,324 |
| 2013 | 50 | 2,491 |
| 2014 | 56 | 2,343 |
| 2015 | 75 | 1,953 |
| 2016 | 94 | 1,686 |
| 2017 | 76 | 1,917 |
| 2018 | 66 | 2,144 |
| 2019 | 62 | 2,264 |
| 2020 | 64 | 2,188 |
| 2021 | 49 | 2,648 |
| 2022 | 39 | 3,150 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,291 |
| 2024 | 32 | 3,602 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,946 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,430 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 12 | 1,902 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,235 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## People named Zacharias

- Zacharias Rhetor, 5th–6th century Bishop of Mytilene
- Zecharias Frankel, Bohemian-German rabbi and historian (1801-1875)

## 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.