How rare is the name Zakary?

4,468 people in the United States have the first name Zakary, about 1 in 67,599. It ranks #4,258 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ZAKARY

#4,258

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,468
About
1 in 67,599
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,468 people named Zakary, 82.5% reported their origin as White, 9% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Zakary peaked in 2002, when 266 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
266
In 2025*
18 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,613 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Zakary by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,772. The largest share of babies named Zakary, 55.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#7,090129
1980s#3,503484
1990s#1,7721,881
2000s#1,9832,111
2010s#3,978842
2020s#8,340166
Generation X 1965–802.6%
Millennials 1981–9630.9%
Generation Z 1997–1255.3%
2013 and later11.2%

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 Zakary is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Zakary has been most common in Utah (4.6×), Arizona (2.4×), and Florida (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.35×).

3,353 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.

Exactly as common as Zakary

1 other first name also has 4,468 people.

#4,258 Tatianna · 4,468

Either side of Zakary

#4,257 Kailani · 4,469#4,258 Tatianna · 4,468#4,260 Tram · 4,465#4,260 Zena · 4,465

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,422 Zackary · 23,961#10,619 Zakari · 1,243#11,263 Zacary · 1,150#11,671 Zakery · 1,090#13,210 Zakkary · 920#35,884 Zakry · 223#39,388 Zakarya · 192#47,684 Zakara · 136

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