Boys' name · since 1999

Zecharia

Zecharia has 105 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#17,122 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#7,459 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
105
born since 1999
2020s
peak decade

105 babies have been named Zecharia since 1999, making it today's #7459 boys' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zecharia has been recorded 105 times among boys since 1999, currently ranked #7459 nationally and more common than 46% 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 1999 to 2025.

  • #17,122 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #7,459 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 105 born since 1999
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zecharia ranks #17,122 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,459 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 105 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.

#17,122 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#7,459 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
105
born since 1999
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%46.4%
Zecharia vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Zecharia's 105 recorded births place it above 62.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Zecharia compares

105 27th 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

Zecharia's all-time total is 72% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Zecharia Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 105 369 358,536
Peak-year births 13 34 22,252

Zecharia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Zecharia's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Zecharia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
13
Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
468101214 199920072011201420172020202220242025 11

Zecharia by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (48 births, 46% of the file).

2020s was Zecharia's strongest decade.

48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.

Zecharia births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 48 births (46% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Zecharia?
Since 1999, Social Security records show 105 babies named Zecharia. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #17,122 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #7,459 of 13,930 among boys. Its busiest year on record was 2023, with 13 births.
Where does Zecharia sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zecharia ranks #17,122 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,459 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Zecharia most popular?
Zecharia was most popular in the 2020s decade with 48 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Zecharia been used?
Records for Zecharia go back to 1999, giving 27 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Zecharia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Zechariah, Zechary, Zecheriah, Zecharias, and 3 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Zecharia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1999–2025 (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 Zecharia 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.