Recorded 1987–2016 Boys' name Peak 1998 208 births

Zackari — boys' name

208 babies named Zackari in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s111990s772000s832010s37
2000s
Peak decade

40% of everyone ever named Zackari was born in this single decade.

1998
Single peak year

14 babies were named Zackari in 1998 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Zackari

The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Zackari between 1987 and 2016, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zackari currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zackari performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Zackari shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zackari 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 208 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.

Zackari at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

208

Since 1987

30 years of records

Peak year

1998

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1987

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2016

Zackari popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1987

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1998)
14
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
46810121416 20162010200620021997199319881987 5

Zackari by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
83 births that decade — 40% of Zackari's all-time total
1980s111990s772000s832010s37

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zackari?
208 babies have been named Zackari since 1987. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1998 with 14 births.
When was Zackari most popular?
Zackari was most popular in the 2000s decade with 83 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
How long has the name Zackari been used?
Zackari has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 30 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Zackari?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zachary, Zackary, Zachariah, Zachery, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1987–2016 (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.