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How popular is the name Zachary?
Births per year, rank history and how many Zacharies are alive today.
Zachary (male) is currently the 69th most popular boys' name in England and Wales, with 760 babies given the name in 2024. This spelling of the name peaked in 2013, when 1,780 babies were given the name, the 39th most popular that year. It has declined since 2013; the 2024 figure is roughly 43% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 29,000 babies have been named Zachary in England and Wales since 1996. Zachary is one spelling of a name also recorded as Zachery and Zackary; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Common short forms of Zachary include Zak and Zac.
Across all spellings of the name, the Zachary you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Zacharies born in England and Wales are between 9 and 23, and there are at least 35,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 11% chance that at least one of them will be called Zachary.
How many babies are named Zachary each year?
Includes all spellings: Zachary, Zachery, Zackary. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Zachary spelling rank?
Where does the Zachery spelling rank?
Where does the Zackary 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 Zachary most popular?
Zachary peaked in 2013, when 1,883 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Zachary?
At least 35,000 people named Zachary in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Zachary?
Most living Zacharies are between 9 and 23; the most common age is about 14.
Is Zachary becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2013 peak.