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How popular is the name Zak?
Births per year, rank history and how many Zaks are alive today.
Zak (male), once a common boys' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 611th in 2025 with 62 given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 626 babies were given the name, the 101st most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 10,000 babies have been named Zak in England and Wales since 1996. Zak is one spelling of a name also recorded as Zac, Zach, Zack and Zakk; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Zak is also a common short form of Zachary, so many people called Zak are registered under the longer name.
Across all spellings of the name, the Zak you are most likely to meet is around 17 years old. Half of all Zaks born in England and Wales are between 13 and 26, and there are at least 35,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly an 11% chance that at least one of them will be called Zak.
How many babies are named Zak each year?
Includes all spellings: Zak, Zac, Zach, Zack, Zakk. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Zak spelling rank?
Where does the Zac spelling rank?
Where does the Zach spelling rank?
Where does the Zack spelling rank?
Where does the Zakk 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 Zak most popular?
Zak peaked in 2010, when 1,872 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Zak?
At least 35,000 people named Zak in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Zak?
Most living Zaks are between 13 and 26; the most common age is about 17.
Is Zak becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak.