Zakariyah — #8111 US boys' name
147 babies named Zakariyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to boys today.
63% of everyone ever named Zakariyah was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Zakariyah in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zakariyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Zakariyah between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zakariyah currently holds the #8111 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Zakariyah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 19 additional births since 2011.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zakariyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zakariyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zakariyah 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 147 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.
Zakariyah at a glance
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Zakariyah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2007
- Peak year (2014)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
Currently ranks #8111 among boys.
147 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 16 births in a single year.
Zakariyah popularity over time — girls
19 total births recorded since 2011 (Zakariyah as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Zakariyah accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Zakariyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 93 births that decade — 63% of Zakariyah's all-time total
Zakariyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zakariyah's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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, 2007–2024 (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.