first name
ZACH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 43,052 people named Zach, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 4.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.3% 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.
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Zach peaked in 2007, when 86 babies got the name.
At least 2,804 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.
Zach by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #4,175. The largest share of babies named Zach, 37%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Zach
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zach, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Zach ranks #15,331 of 156,621, with 1,843 people. See Zach as a last name
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