Zac — #3346 US boys' name
1,563 babies named Zac in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Zac was born in this single decade.
84 babies were named Zac in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zac
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,563 babies named Zac between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zac currently holds the #3346 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 84 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zac performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 692 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Zac shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 200 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Zac in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zac in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,563 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Zac at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Zac popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1957
- Peak year (2014)
- 84
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
Currently ranks #3346 among boys.
1,563 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 84 births in a single year.
Zac by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 692 births that decade — 44% of Zac's all-time total
Zac decade highlights
- Peak decade 692 births
- Runner-up 303 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zac's strongest decade
692 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Zac by state
Where Zac concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 200 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 90 | 5.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 79 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 69 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
200 of 1,563 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.8% of nationwide
- Texas 5.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.1% of nationwide
- Florida 4.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 7 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.