Boys' name · since 1977
Zacheriah
Zacheriah has 650 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,749 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,411 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 650
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zacheriah currently ranks #12411 among boys' names in America, with 650 babies recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Zacheriah recorded 650 times among boys since 1977, holding rank #12411 nationally today, ahead of 11% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #6,749 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,411 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 650 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zacheriah ranks #6,749 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,411 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 650 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #6,749 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,411 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 650
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zacheriah's 650 recorded births place it above 85.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zacheriah compares
650 Top 39% higher than 61% of 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
Zacheriah's all-time total is 76% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zacheriah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 650 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zacheriah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zacheriah splits its recorded history at 2000: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1977 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1991 peak of 28 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zacheriah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Zacheriah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (205 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Zacheriah's strongest decade.
205 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Zacheriah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
109 births
- 1990s
1990s
203 births
- 2000s
2000s
205 births
- 2010s
2010s
107 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 205 births (32% of all-time use).
How Zacheriah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Zacheriah's total volume
Zacheriah by state
Where Zacheriah concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 1.7% |
11 of 650 births nationwide.
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What to do with Zacheriah's data
- Zacheriah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (205 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Zacheriahs (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zacheriah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~48 yrs)
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, 1977–2025 (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 Zacheriah 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.