# Zechariah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/zechariah/  
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 | “the lord has remembered” |
| Pronunciation | /ˌzɛkəˈɹaɪ.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Zecharia, Zachariah, Zacharias |
| US babies named this | 11,369 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 11,351 / 18 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 327, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”). Doublet of Zach, Zachary, Zachariah, Zacharias, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 19,174 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13,689 |
| 2025 | 5 | 17,255 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 325 | 706 |
| 2012 | 364 | 655 |
| 2013 | 360 | 672 |
| 2014 | 385 | 667 |
| 2015 | 394 | 657 |
| 2016 | 327 | 747 |
| 2017 | 323 | 740 |
| 2018 | 308 | 764 |
| 2019 | 279 | 817 |
| 2020 | 241 | 927 |
| 2021 | 251 | 915 |
| 2022 | 229 | 989 |
| 2023 | 254 | 913 |
| 2024 | 263 | 900 |
| 2025 | 285 | 856 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,178 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,172 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: زَكَرِيَّا
- Bulgarian: Захария
- Catalan: Zacaries
- Chinese: 撒迦利亞書 /撒迦利亚书
- Czech: Zachariáš
- Danish: Zakarias
- Dutch: Zacharia
- Estonian: Sakarja
- Finnish: Sakarja
- French: Zacharie
- German: Sacharja, Secharja
- Greek: Ζαχαρίας
- Hungarian: Zakariás
- Icelandic: Sakarías
- Indonesian: Zakharia
- Irish: Leabhar Zacairiá
- Italian: Zaccaria
- Japanese: ゼカリヤ書
- Latin: Zacharias
- Latvian: Caharija

## 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.