Boys' name · since 1980
Zackaria
Zackaria has 382 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,272 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,451 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 382
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zackaria currently ranks #12451 among boys' names in America, with 382 babies recorded since 1980.
Social Security Administration records show Zackaria recorded 382 times among boys since 1980, holding rank #12451 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 1980 to 2025.
- #9,272 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,451 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 382 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zackaria ranks #9,272 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,451 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 382 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,272 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,451 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 382
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zackaria's 382 recorded births place it above 79.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zackaria compares
382 Top 50% higher than 50% 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
Zackaria's all-time total is 4% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zackaria | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 382 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zackaria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Zackaria splits its recorded history at 2006: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Zackaria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Zackaria by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (136 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Zackaria's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Zackaria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
87 births
- 2000s
2000s
136 births
- 2010s
2010s
117 births
- 2020s 32
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 136 births (36% of all-time use).
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What to do with Zackaria's data
- Zackaria's decade-level peak was the 2000s (136 total births); usage has since declined to 32 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zackaria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Zackaria 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.