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How popular is the name Zechariah?

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

Zechariah (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1538th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. The name peaked in 2014, when 22 babies were given the name, the 1178th most popular that year.

The Zechariah you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Zechariahs born in England and Wales are between 8 and 23, and there are at least 360 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Zechariah - on average, only one in every 842 such rooms contains a Zechariah.

How many babies are named Zechariah each year?

01020200020201996: 61997: 41998: 71999: 62000: 112001: 32002: 92003: 92004: 102005: 72006: 32007: 102008: 132009: 102010: 162011: 122012: 132013: 162014: 222015: 152016: 132017: 102018: 202019: 102020: 152021: 62022: 102023: 112024: 132025: 17actual

Where does Zechariah rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,7651997: ranked 2,3371998: ranked 1,6421999: ranked 1,8502000: ranked 1,2412001: ranked 3,1342002: ranked 1,5192003: ranked 1,6292004: ranked 1,5962005: ranked 2,1742006: ranked 4,0522007: ranked 1,8852008: ranked 1,5962009: ranked 1,9812010: ranked 1,4832011: ranked 1,7882012: ranked 1,7562013: ranked 1,4622014: ranked 1,1782015: ranked 1,5862016: ranked 1,8042017: ranked 2,1722018: ranked 1,2842019: ranked 2,1042020: ranked 1,5482021: ranked 3,0172022: ranked 2,1662023: ranked 2,0082024: ranked 1,8592025: ranked 1,538

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 Zechariah per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 22 in 2014
Zechariah: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Zechariah most popular?

Zechariah peaked in 2014, when 22 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Zechariah?

At least 360 people named Zechariah born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Zechariah?

Most living Zechariahs are between 8 and 23; the most common age is about 12.

Is Zechariah becoming more or less popular?

Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.






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