Boys' name · since 2011
Zakhar
66 babies named Zakhar in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,273 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,734 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 66
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
66 babies have been named Zakhar since 2011, making it today's #6734 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Zakhar recorded 66 times among boys since 2011, holding rank #6734 nationally today, ahead of 52% 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 2011 to 2025.
- #20,273 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,734 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 66 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zakhar ranks #20,273 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,734 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 66 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #20,273 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,734 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 66
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zakhar's 66 recorded births place it above 55.42% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Zakhar compares
66 20th 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
Zakhar's all-time total is 82% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zakhar | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 66 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zakhar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zakhar's full recorded timeline at 2022, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zakhar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Zakhar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (42 births, 64% of the file).
2020s was Zakhar's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Zakhar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 42 births (64% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zakhar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~14 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, 2011–2025 (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 Zakhar 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.