How rare is the name Zac?

6,471 people in the United States have the first name Zac, about 1 in 46,675. It ranks #3,298 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZAC

#3,298

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,471
About
1 in 46,675
This common or more
82.1%
Who bears it

Of the 6,471 people named Zac, 82.1% reported their origin as White, 7.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zac peaked in 2014, when 84 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19572025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
84
In 2025*
37 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,600 babies have been given the name since 1957. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Zac by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #4,500. The largest share of babies named Zac, 45.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#13,33215
1970s#8,275100
1980s#9,796104
1990s#12,206110
2000s#7,552303
2010s#4,500692
2020s#6,015271
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–807%
Millennials 1981–969.9%
Generation Z 1997–1236.3%
2013 and later45.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Zac

#3,296 Tu · 6,480#3,297 Leonidas · 6,476#3,299 Emmalyn · 6,464#3,300 Leandra · 6,462

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zac, most common first.

#1,000 Zach · 43,052#1,458 Zack · 23,160#4,881 Zak · 3,673

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