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How popular is the name Zakariya?

Births per year, rank history and how many Zakariyas are alive today.

Zakariya (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 120th in 2025 with 421 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2024, when 434 babies were given the name, the 127th most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 5,800 babies have been named Zakariya in England and Wales since 1996.

The Zakariya you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Zakariyas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 15, and there are at least 5,900 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.9% chance that at least one of them will be called Zakariya.

How many babies are named Zakariya each year?

0200400200020201996: 151997: 321998: 261999: 432000: 392001: 482002: 712003: 682004: 942005: 902006: 1202007: 1422008: 1512009: 1652010: 2092011: 1902012: 2332013: 2342014: 2452015: 2722016: 2742017: 3172018: 2712019: 3162020: 3332021: 3342022: 3242023: 3572024: 4342025: 421actual

Where does Zakariya rank among boys' names?

1101001,000200020201996: ranked 9381997: ranked 5541998: ranked 6571999: ranked 4772000: ranked 5032001: ranked 4442002: ranked 3532003: ranked 3882004: ranked 3152005: ranked 3492006: ranked 2952007: ranked 2812008: ranked 2792009: ranked 2682010: ranked 2302011: ranked 2532012: ranked 2252013: ranked 2222014: ranked 2302015: ranked 2112016: ranked 2042017: ranked 1762018: ranked 1942019: ranked 1722020: ranked 1602021: ranked 1602022: ranked 1602023: ranked 1482024: ranked 1272025: ranked 120

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.

Chart: babies named Zakariya per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 434 in 2024
Zakariya: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Zakariya most popular?

Zakariya peaked in 2024, when 434 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Zakariya?

At least 5,900 people named Zakariya born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Zakariya?

Most living Zakariyas are between 4 and 15; the most common age is about 2.

Is Zakariya becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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