Baby name

Zachary

Boy

Origin of the name

Zachary comes from the Hebrew Zekharyah, “God has remembered.”

Short-lived name

1993 was its best year: 25,538 births, or 1 baby in 148. Since then, the name has fallen 92%, to about 2,100 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 216. 41% of all babies named Zachary since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

551,752births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 15rank at its peak, in 1993

Where babies named Zachary are born

1993

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The darker the blue, the more common Zachary is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Zachary is most common in New Hampshire (1.9 times), Alaska (1.8) and Nevada (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Zackary 31,593
Zachery 29,836
Zacary 1,137

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