Recorded 1981–2025 · United States
Zakariah was most popular in 2014, when 48 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,728 that year. In 2025 it ranked #7,425, with 33 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,007 people named Zakariah.
Zakariah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1981, which makes it about 44 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 40 of the 45 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,007 American births named Zakariah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 992 are estimated to be alive today.
33 American babies were named Zakariah in 2025, ranking #7,425 that year.
Zakariah is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 31 births a year, against 40 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -23% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Zakariah is mostly a boy’s name — 9.2% of the 1,007 Americans given it were girls and 90.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 992 Americans named Zakariah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 8 and 23.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org