first name
ZACHARIAH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,718 people named Zachariah, 65.4% reported their origin as White, 11.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.5% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Zachariah peaked in 1992, when 874 babies got the name.
At least 31,275 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Zachariah by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #702. The largest share of babies named Zachariah, 33.7%, 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.
Where Zachariah is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zachariah has been most common in Colorado (3×), New Mexico (2.7×), and Oregon (2.3×), and least common in Connecticut (0.35×).
28,909 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Zachariah
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zachariah, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Zachariah ranks #21,643 of 156,621, with 1,229 people. See Zachariah as a last name
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