Zakariya — #1202 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zakariya

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,321 babies named Zakariya between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zakariya currently holds the #1202 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 169 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zakariya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,019 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zakariya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 262 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Zakariya in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zakariya 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 2,321 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.