first name
ZACKARY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,961 people named Zackary, 82.4% reported their origin as White, 7.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.9% 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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Zackary peaked in 2001, when 1,386 babies got the name.
At least 31,600 babies have been given the name since 1921. 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.
Zackary by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #506. The largest share of babies named Zackary, 52.9%, 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 Zackary is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zackary has been most common in Utah (2.9×), Nevada (2.7×), and Oregon (1.8×), and least common in South Dakota (0.33×).
29,141 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 Zackary
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Zackary, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Zackary ranks #87,019 of 156,621, with 230 people. See Zackary as a last name
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