Zaki — #2453 US boys' name
1,457 babies named Zaki in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to boys today.
34% of everyone ever named Zaki was born in this single decade.
62 babies were named Zaki in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zaki
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,457 babies named Zaki between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zaki currently holds the #2453 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 62 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zaki performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 492 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zaki shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 92 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Zaki in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zaki 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 1,457 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.
Zaki at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zaki popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1974
- Peak year (2008)
- 62
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
Currently ranks #2453 among boys.
1,457 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 62 births in a single year.
Zaki by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 492 births that decade — 34% of Zaki's all-time total
Zaki decade highlights
- Peak decade 492 births
- Runner-up 419 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zaki's strongest decade
492 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Zaki by state
Where Zaki concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 92 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 44 | 3.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 28 | 1.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 24 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 17 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Texas | | 15 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 11 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Florida | | 10 | 0.7% |
92 of 1,457 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.0% of nationwide
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.6% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Zaki appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1974–2024 (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.