Boys' name · since 1948
Zackery
17,748 babies named Zackery in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,473 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,748
- born since 1948
- 1990s
- peak decade
17,748 babies have been named Zackery since 1948, making it today's #3473 boys' name.
Zackery has 17,748 recorded births among boys since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3473 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2025.
- #884 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,473 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 17,748 born since 1948
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zackery ranks #884 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,473 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 17,748 born since 1948, peaking in the 1990s.
- #884 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,473 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,748
- born since 1948
- 1990s
- peak decade
Zackery's 17,748 recorded births place it above 98.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Zackery compares
17,748 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Zackery's all-time total is 48x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zackery | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17,748 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 861 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zackery's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zackery's full recorded timeline at 1987, 88% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 12% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 861 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zackery popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 861
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Zackery popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2004 (Zackery as girls' name)
Zackery by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (7,505 births, 42% of the file).
1990s was Zackery's strongest decade.
7,505 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Zackery births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 115
1950s
115 births
- 1960s 182
1960s
182 births
- 1970s 529
1970s
529 births
- 1980s 2,586
1980s
2,586 births
- 1990s
1990s
7,505 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,132 births
- 2010s 1,432
2010s
1,432 births
- 2020s 261
2020s
261 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 7,505 births (42% of all-time use).
How Zackery 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 Zackery's total volume
Zackery by state
Where Zackery concentrates geographically, total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,382 | 7.8% |
| #2 | California | | 1,289 | 7.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 877 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 792 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 786 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 620 | 3.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 610 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 589 | 3.3% |
1,382 of 17,748 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Zackery appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Zackery's data
- Zackery's decade-level peak was the 1990s (7,505 total births); usage has since declined to 261 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Zackerys (1,382 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Zackery: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1948–2025 (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 Zackery 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.