Boys' name · since 2011
Zacai
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 80 babies named Zacai, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,939 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,359 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zacai currently ranks #10359 among boys' names in America, with 80 babies recorded since 2011.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zacai has been recorded 80 times among boys since 2011, currently ranked #10359 nationally and more common than 26% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #18,939 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,359 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 80 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zacai ranks #18,939 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,359 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 80 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,939 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,359 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zacai's 80 recorded births place it above 58.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zacai compares
80 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Zacai's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zacai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 80 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zacai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zacai's full recorded timeline at 2021, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zacai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Zacai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (53 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Zacai's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Zacai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 53 births (66% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zacai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2011–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Zacai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.