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How popular is the name Zachariah?
Births per year, rank history and how many Zachariahs are alive today.
Zachariah (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 346th in 2025 with 123 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 148 babies were given the name, the 299th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2007, with 138 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 395 in 2020 before climbing back to the 346th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years. Zachariah is one spelling of a name also recorded as Zacharia; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Zachariah you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Zachariahs born in England and Wales are between 9 and 25, and there are at least 4,200 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Zachariah.
How many babies are named Zachariah each year?
Includes all spellings: Zachariah, Zacharia. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Zachariah spelling rank?
Where does the Zacharia spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Zachariah most popular?
Zachariah peaked in 2007, when 159 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Zachariah?
At least 4,200 people named Zachariah in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Zachariah?
Most living Zachariahs are between 9 and 25; the most common age is about 15.
Is Zachariah becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.