Zakari Boy
How popular is Zakari?
#1,060 boy name in 2025
206 baby boys were named Zakari in the US in 2025, making it the 1060th most popular boy name. Another 9 girls got the name (#10,104 for girls).
Zakari popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,060 for boys (▲ 32 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 206 boys, 9 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+238% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,212 in 2015, #1,134 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2023 (213 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,024 in 2023 |
| First recorded | 1986 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 93% boys, 7% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zakari counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zackary family of names ranked #619 for boys in 2025 (#577 the year before), with 426 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zackary | 116 | 27% |
| Zakari | 206 | 48% |
| Zacari | 61 | 14% |
| Zakary | 18 | 4% |
| Zakarri | 9 | 2% |
| Zahkari | 16 | 4% |
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 Zakari is most popular
Babies named Zakari per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.4 per 1,000 (51 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.3 per 1,000 (36 boys)
- Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (66 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (62 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 boys)
Zakari by decade
Boy names about as popular as Zakari
Questions
- Is Zakari a boy or girl name?
- Zakari is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 93% of babies named Zakari were boys.
- How popular is the name Zakari?
- 206 baby boys were named Zakari in the US in 2025, making it the 1060th most popular boy name. Another 9 girls got the name (#10,104 for girls).
- When was Zakari most popular?
- Zakari peaked in 2023, when 213 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,024 in 2023.
- How many people are named Zakari?
- 2,729 babies have been named Zakari in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,708 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Zakari most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zakari was most common in Maryland, at 0.4 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.