How common is the name Zachary?

435,262 people in the United States have the first name Zachary, about 1 in 694. It ranks #106 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ZACHARY

#106

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
435,262
About
1 in 694
This common or more
31.2%
Who bears it

Of the 435,262 people named Zachary, 83.9% reported their origin as White, 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zachary peaked in 1993, when 25,591 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1993
Births that year
25,591
In 2025*
1,646 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 553,281 babies have been given the name since 1900. 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.

Zachary by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #20. The largest share of babies named Zachary, 47.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1900s#4,6306
1910s#3,924109
1920s#3,887168
1930s#3,846142
1940s#2,301404
1950s#1,1152,169
1960s#9303,488
1970s#29619,161
1980s#75102,435
1990s#20225,757
2000s#37135,019
2010s#11851,210
2020s#31013,213
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–450%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–804.6%
Millennials 1981–9647.2%
Generation Z 1997–1239.4%
2013 and later8%

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 Zachary is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zachary has been most common in Alaska (2×), New Hampshire (1.9×), and Nevada (1.8×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.61×).

550,317 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 Zachary

#104 Dennis · 448,312#105 Kyle · 436,151#107 Andrea · 429,407#108 Janet · 429,159

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,422 Zackary · 23,961#1,508 Zachery · 22,042#2,117 Zackery · 12,696#4,258 Zakary · 4,468#8,898 Zacharia · 1,600#11,263 Zacary · 1,150#12,807 Zacharie · 960#13,210 Zakkary · 920

Also a last name

As a last name, Zachary ranks #5,635 of 156,621, with 5,935 people. See Zachary as a last name

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