Zachary — #194 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zachary

The Social Security Administration has registered 550,089 babies named Zachary between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zachary currently holds the #194 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 25,537 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zachary performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 225,280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Zachary shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 45,015 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Zachary in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zachary 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 550,089 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.