Boys' name · since 2007
Zakhai
175 babies named Zakhai in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,801 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,363 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
175 babies have been named Zakhai since 2007, making it today's #5363 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakhai has been recorded 175 times among boys since 2007, currently ranked #5363 nationally and more common than 62% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #13,801 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,363 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 175 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakhai ranks #13,801 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,363 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 175 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,801 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,363 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zakhai's 175 recorded births place it above 69.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zakhai compares
175 35th 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
Zakhai's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zakhai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 175 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zakhai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zakhai's full recorded timeline at 2018, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zakhai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Zakhai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (102 births, 58% of the file).
2020s was Zakhai's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Zakhai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s
2020s
102 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 102 births (58% of all-time use).
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Zakhai 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.