first name
ZACK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,160 people named Zack, 80.8% reported their origin as White, 7.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.6% as Black. 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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Zack peaked in 2008, when 237 babies got the name.
At least 9,012 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.
Zack by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #797. The largest share of babies named Zack, 30.6%, 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 Zack is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zack has been most common in Utah (3×), Florida (2.6×), and Texas (2.1×), and least common in Indiana (0.33×).
4,185 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 Zack
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zack, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Zack ranks #9,259 of 156,621, with 3,375 people. See Zack as a last name
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