Zakhary — boys' name
31 babies named Zakhary in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Zakhary was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Zakhary in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zakhary
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Zakhary between 1992 and 2011, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zakhary currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zakhary performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Zakhary shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zakhary 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 31 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.
Zakhary at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zakhary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–1992
- Peak year (1992)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
31 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 7 births in a single year.
Zakhary by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 12 births that decade — 39% of Zakhary's all-time total
Zakhary decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Zakhary's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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, 1992–2011 (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.