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Names: Z

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2,398 names starting with "Z"

What the Data Says About Names Starting with Z

The Social Security Administration's national baby-name archive contains 2,398 distinct names beginning with the letter Z, out of roughly 104,000 total names tracked since 1880. On this page (sorted by name), the leading entry is Zaccaria with 10 cumulative births. Within the 50 names on this page, 45 are classified as boys' names and 5 as girls' names in SSA records — reflecting the overall letter-level split for {letter}. Every name shown has appeared five or more times in at least one year of SSA data — rarer spellings fall below the disclosure threshold and are not included.

Of the 50 names displayed, 12 currently rank within SSA's annual top 1,000 for their gender — making them actively popular rather than historical-only entries. Combined, these 50 names represent 636,335 births across all years of the SSA archive. Letter-level patterns reveal broader naming conventions: some letters (J, M, S) dominate both boys' and girls' name distributions, while others (U, Y, Q, X, Z) are comparatively rare starting letters in English naming traditions. The distribution of names starting with Z reflects both the English-language convention inherited from the Anglo-American majority and the steady contribution of international names (Spanish, Arabic, Asian, African origins) added to the U.S. naming pool over the past century.

All figures on this page derive from publicly released SSA baby-name files, which record the first name on every Social Security card application for U.S. births. Names are tracked by exact spelling, so homophones and near-variants (Sarah and Sara, Aiden and Ayden) count as separate entries; combining them would substantially change the ordering. Peak-year and rank data are drawn from the same SSA files and reflect name-year records with five or more occurrences. This listing is paginated in groups of 50 — across all letter-Z names, there are 48 total pages at this sort order. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

Showing 51–100 of 2,398

Sort by: Name (A–Z) Most Popular Current Rank
Name Gender Total Births
Zaccaria Boy 10
Zaccariah Boy 10
Zaccary Boy 234
Zacchaeus Boy 1,910
Zacchary Boy 138
Zaccheaus Boy 90
Zaccheus Boy 481
Zace Boy 5
Zacery Boy 17
Zach Boy 2,752
Zachaery Boy 10
Zachaeus Boy 7
Zachai Boy 40
Zacharay Boy 27
Zacharee Boy 97
Zacharee Girl 5
Zacharey Boy 446
Zachari Boy 898
Zacharia Boy 1,719
Zacharia Girl 22
Zachariah Boy 30,668
Zachariah Girl 37
Zacharian Boy 54
Zacharias Boy 2,044
Zacharie Boy 1,145
Zacharius Boy 148
Zachariya Boy 11
Zachariyah Boy 10
Zacharry Boy 22
Zachary Boy 550,089
Zachary Girl 1,529
Zacharya Boy 5
Zacharyah Boy 72
Zacherey Boy 16
Zacheri Boy 21
Zacheria Boy 34
Zacheriah Boy 644
Zacherie Boy 77
Zachery Boy 29,796
Zachery Girl 38
Zacheus Boy 33
Zachi Boy 11
Zachiary Boy 5
Zachory Boy 733
Zachrey Boy 219
Zachriah Boy 10
Zachry Boy 967
Zack Boy 8,887
Zackaree Boy 29
Zackarey Boy 63

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a year are excluded for privacy.

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.