Boys' name · since 2010

Zahkai

149 babies named Zahkai in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#14,818 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#4,842 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
149
born since 2010
2020s
peak decade

149 babies have been named Zahkai since 2010, making it today's #4842 boys' name.

Social Security Administration records show Zahkai recorded 149 times among boys since 2010, holding rank #4842 nationally today, ahead of 65% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.

  • #14,818 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #4,842 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 149 born since 2010
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zahkai ranks #14,818 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,842 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 149 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.

#14,818 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#4,842 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
149
born since 2010
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%65.2%
Zahkai vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zahkai's 149 recorded births place it above 67.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zahkai compares

149 32nd percentile among 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

Zahkai's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zahkai Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 149 369 358,536
Peak-year births 21 34 22,252

Zahkai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Zahkai splits its recorded history at 2019: 66% of all births land in the more recent half, 34% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Zahkai popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
21
Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
0510152025 20102013201620182020202220242025 21

Zahkai by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (90 births, 60% of the file).

2020s was Zahkai's strongest decade.

90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.

Zahkai births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 90 births (60% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zahkai?
Since 2010, Social Security records show 149 babies named Zahkai. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #14,818 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #4,842 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2025, with 21 births.
Where does Zahkai sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zahkai ranks #14,818 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,842 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zahkai most popular?
Zahkai was most popular in the 2020s decade with 90 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Zahkai been used?
The SSA has tracked Zahkai since 2010 -- 16 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Zahkai?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zahir, Zahid, Zahmir, Zaheer, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Zahkai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2010–2025 (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 Zahkai 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.