Zachary
For 2025 the count puts Zachary at #216 nationwide, cooling off gently. On the books since 1900, peaking in 1993: 551,752 American children so far.
What Zachary carries
Zachary · Hebrew
“remembrance of the Lord”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Zachary’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Zachary, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Zachary since 1900
Zachary peaked in 1993 at #15; #216 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Zachary is most common
Among the states, Zachary takes its largest share in Delaware, 0.27% of the boys' names recorded there in 2025, with New Hampshire and Alaska next.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Zachary
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Isabel
#177 in 2025 · Hebrew
Nathaniel
#140 in 2025 · Hebrew
Malachi
#134 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jonathan
#89 in 2025 · Hebrew
Abigail
#41 in 2025 · Hebrew
Rafael
#218 in 2025 · Hebrew
Joel
#219 in 2025 · Hebrew
Miguel
#212 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Zachary
How common is Zachary today?
For 2025 the count puts Zachary at #216 nationwide, cooling off gently. The chart above draws the whole run since 1900, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What does Zachary mean?
The gloss on record reads “remembrance of the Lord”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Zachary?
Isabel, Nathaniel and Malachi sit nearest to Zachary on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.
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