Boys' name · since 2001
Zakarya
72 babies named Zakarya in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,682 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,297 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
72 babies have been named Zakarya since 2001, making it today's #11297 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakarya has been recorded 72 times among boys since 2001, currently ranked #11297 nationally and more common than 19% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #19,682 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,297 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 72 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakarya ranks #19,682 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,297 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 72 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,682 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,297 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 72
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Zakarya's 72 recorded births place it above 56.72% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zakarya compares
72 21st 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
Zakarya's all-time total is 80% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zakarya | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 72 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zakarya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Zakarya's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Zakarya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Zakarya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (28 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Zakarya's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Zakarya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 28 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Zakarya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zakarya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Zakarya 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.