Zechariah
Zechariah is ranked 900th among boys in 2024 (261 births). Its best rank was 636th, in 2001.
- Rank in 2024
- #900up 13 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2610.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2015394 births
- Best rank
- #636in 2001
- Since 1971
- 11,059people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,059 boys have been named Zechariah in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2015, with 394 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 667 → 900).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 31%. It has spent 39 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2015, its biggest year
Zechariah was the 657th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2015 were Noah, Liam, Mason, Jacob and William. See all of 2015.
Names that rose and fell with Zechariah
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Keelanpeak 2015
- Saadpeak 2012
- Kamranpeak 2007
- Josuepeak 2007
- Marshawnpeak 2015
- Keyanpeak 2007
- Khangpeak 2007
- Maximepeak 2001
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.