Zakaria Boy
How popular is Zakaria?
#1,520 boy name in 2025
114 baby boys were named Zakaria in the US in 2025, making it the 1520th most popular boy name.
Zakaria popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,520 for boys (▼ 133 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 114 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-12% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,353 in 2015, #1,592 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2017 (145 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,256 in 2017 |
| First recorded | 1980 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 92% boys, 8% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Zakaria counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Zakaria family of names ranked #1,023 for boys in 2025 (#938 the year before), with 191 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Zakaria | 114 | 60% |
| Zakariah | 33 | 17% |
| Zackariah | 23 | 12% |
| Zacariah | 10 | 5% |
| Zackaria | 5 | 3% |
| Zakarya | 6 | 3% |
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 Zakaria is most popular
Babies named Zakaria per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Zakaria by decade
Boy names about as popular as Zakaria
Questions
- Is Zakaria a boy or girl name?
- Zakaria is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 92% of babies named Zakaria were boys.
- How popular is the name Zakaria?
- 114 baby boys were named Zakaria in the US in 2025, making it the 1520th most popular boy name.
- When was Zakaria most popular?
- Zakaria peaked in 2017, when 145 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,256 in 2017.
- How many people are named Zakaria?
- 3,349 babies have been named Zakaria in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,314 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Zakaria most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Zakaria was most common in Minnesota, at 0.5 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.