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Zakaria

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14% girls / 86% boys

Origin of the name

Zakaria is the Arabic form of Zachary, from the Hebrew Zekharyah, “God has remembered.” In the Gospels, Zechariah is the father of John the Baptist.

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Rising name

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Zakaria peaked in 2017, when 1 baby in 24,670 was given the name. The name is holding close to its all-time high. In 2025, it ranked No. 1520. 40% of all babies named Zakaria since 1880 were born in the 2010s.
2,883births since 1880
2010sgeneration
No. 1256rank at its peak, in 2017

Where babies named Zakaria are born

2017

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

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Zakaria is most common in Minnesota (9.7 times) and New York (2.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Girls and boys, decade by decade

DecadeGirlsBoys
1980s0%100%
1990s9%91%
2000s19%81%
2010s15%85%
2020s8%92%