Zechariah — #899 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Zechariah

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,059 babies named Zechariah between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Zechariah currently holds the #899 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 394 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zechariah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,432 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Zechariah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,212 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Zechariah in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zechariah 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 11,059 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.