Zachary Boy
How popular is Zachary?
#216 boy name in 2025
1,646 baby boys were named Zachary in the US in 2025, making it the 216th most popular boy name.
Zachary popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #216 for boys (▼ 22 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,646 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-66% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #88 in 2015, #135 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1993 (25,538 boys) |
| Highest rank | #12 in 1994 |
| First recorded | 1900 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zachary counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zachary family of names ranked #228 for boys in 2025 (#211 the year before), with 1,660 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zachary | 1,646 | 99% |
| Zachari | 9 | 1% |
| Zacharie | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Zachary is most popular
Babies named Zachary per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 2.9 per 1,000 (65 boys)
- Delaware: 2.8 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Connecticut: 2.8 per 1,000 (190 boys)
- Hawaii: 2.7 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- New Jersey: 2.5 per 1,000 (511 boys)
Zachary by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | #1,161 |
| 1910s | 109 | #1,205 |
| 1920s | 168 | #1,605 |
| 1930s | 142 | #1,627 |
| 1940s | 404 | #663 |
| 1950s | 2,169 | #442 |
| 1960s | 3,476 | #382 |
| 1970s | 19,060 | #74 |
| 1980s | 101,818 | #25 |
| 1990s | 225,290 | #12 |
| 2000s | 134,756 | #15 |
| 2010s | 51,146 | #61 |
| 2020s | 13,208 | #135 |
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Questions
- Is Zachary a boy or girl name?
- Zachary is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Zachary were boys.
- How popular is the name Zachary?
- 1,646 baby boys were named Zachary in the US in 2025, making it the 216th most popular boy name.
- When was Zachary most popular?
- Zachary peaked in 1993, when 25,538 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #12 in 1994.
- How many people are named Zachary?
- 553,281 babies have been named Zachary in the US since 1880. We estimate about 535,420 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
- Where is Zachary most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zachary was most common in New Hampshire, at 2.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.