Zachariah — #569 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zachariah

The Social Security Administration has registered 30,668 babies named Zachariah between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zachariah currently holds the #569 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 874 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zachariah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 7,640 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Zachariah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,343 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Zachariah in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zachariah 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 30,668 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.