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Zachary

Boys' name · Millennial-era

Living in the US
~535,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#216 among boys
Births in 2025
1,646 553,281 since 1880
Typical age
29 years, median

Zachary popularity over time

Zachary rank by birth year, 1900–2025Zachary ranked #1,162 in 1900 and #216 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #12, in 1994.#100#1,000#216best #12 in 19941920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1900–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1993: 25,591 births recorded as Zachary. 1900 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Across the record, 41 years put Zachary in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #216, on 1,646 births. The ten-year change is -66%. Year on year the rank dropped by 22.

Babies named Zachary per yearPeaks at 25,591 births in 1993.25,591 in 199301920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Zachary?

About 535,500 people named Zachary are alive in the United States today. That is out of 553,281 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Zachary?

Median age among living Zacharys: 29. Most living bearers were born in the 1990s. By the site’s era rules that makes Zachary a millennial-era name.

Your Zachary

Ages of living people named ZacharyHalf of living Zacharys are older than 29 and half younger.median 29020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Zachary is most common

The name is concentrated in Rhode Island, at 2.6× the national rate. New Hampshire, Connecticut and Delaware follow.

Where Zachary is used more than average5 states use the name Zachary more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: 2.6× the national rateNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.0× the national rateNJConnecticut: 2.3× the national rateCTRhode Island: 2.6× the national rateRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: 2.1× the national rateDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Zachary is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Rhode Island 129 2.6×
New Hampshire 170 2.6×
Connecticut 474 2.3×
Delaware 97 2.1×
New Jersey 1,272 2.0×

Zachary in England and Wales

ONS recorded 703 births named Zachary in 2025, ranking it #75. That is 39% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Zachary comes from

From clipped forms of Zachariah and Zacharias + -y, from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (“Yahweh has remembered”) via Latin Zacharias and Koine Greek Ζαχαρίας. As an American city, named after the farmer Darel Zachary who sold the land for a local depot on the Illinois Central Railroad in the 1880s. Doublet of Zach, Zacharias, Zachariah, Zechariah, Zakariya, Jakariya.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Zachary

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Zachary Taylor president of the United States from 1849 to 1850 1784–1850 144
Zachary Quinto American actor and film producer 1977 56
Zachary Levi American actor 1980 50
Zachary Gordon American actor 1998 29
Zachary Knighton American actor 1978 22
Zachary Scott American actor 1914–1965 19
Zachary Donohue American ice dancer 1991 18
Zachary Abel American television actor 1980 15
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 1,695 in 1975 to 2,653 in 1976 — 1.6 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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